Liu Qi (; born November 3, 1942 in Wujin,

Changzhou Changzhou ( Changzhounese: ''Zaon Tsei'', ) is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provin ...

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) is a retired Chinese politician. He formerly served as the

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, and also a member of the

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. He was also the President of the Beijing 2008 Olympics Organizing Committee.

Biography and career

* Graduated from

Beijing 101 Middle School Beijing 101 Middle School () is a public coeducational secondary school in Haidian, Beijing. It offers programs from grades 7 to 12. It is one of the beacon high schools accredited by Beijing Municipal Government. It has two affiliated schools. ...

and the metallurgical department of the

Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering The University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB; ), formerly known as Beijing Steel and Iron Institute () before 1988, is a national key university in Haidian District, Beijing, China. USTB's metallurgy and materials science programmes are ...

, and majored in

iron smelting Smelting is a process of applying heat to ore, to extract a base metal. It is a form of extractive metallurgy. It is used to extract many metals from their ores, including silver, iron, copper, and other base metals. Smelting uses heat and a c ...

. With a postgraduate education, Liu holds the professional title of ''

senior engineer Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ...

''. * Mayor of Beijing, 1999-2003. He was succeeded by

Meng Xuenong Meng Xuenong (; born August 1949) is a Chinese politician. Meng worked as a factory worker in Beijing before getting involved in politics through the local Communist Youth League organization. He was the Vice Mayor of Beijing between 1993 and 200 ...

, who was replaced by

Wang Qishan Wang Qishan (; ; born 19 July 1948) is a Chinese politician, and the current Vice President of the People's Republic of China. Wang is one of the leading figures behind China's foreign affairs, along with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Ke ...

after the

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outbreak. * Head of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bid Committee ( BOBICO). * Named as one 100 most influential people of 2007 by ''Time'' magazine. * Head of the

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for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Subject of human rights litigation

On February 7, 2002, Liu was sued in the United States District Court for the

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by the San Francisco-based human rights organization, the

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. The plaintiffs in that case alleged that, as mayor of Beijing, Liu was responsible for formulating security policy and had control over the local police. The police were in turn alleged to have tortured the plaintiffs with beatings, electric shock, and forced feedings through tubes inserted through the plaintiffs' noses. The court issued a

declaratory judgment A declaratory judgment, also called a declaration, is the legal determination of a court that resolves legal uncertainty for the litigants. It is a form of legally binding preventive by which a party involved in an actual or possible legal mat ...

that Liu was responsible for violating the defendants' rights to be free from torture and arbitrary detention.''Id.'' at 1334. However, because Liu did not defend the suit, there were no hearings, trials, or findings of fact on the issues presented.

References

External links

China Vitae biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Qi 1942 births Living people Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu Mayors of Beijing Politicians from Changzhou 2008 Summer Olympics Presidents of the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games Recipients of the Olympic Order People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Members of the 17th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Members of the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party Sportspeople from Changzhou