Luo Qingquan (; 9 November 1945 – 23 April 2021
) was a politician of the
People's Republic of China
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and the former Governor and Communist Party Chief of
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...
province.
Born in
Jiangling, Hubei, Luo started working in 1968, and joined the CPC in 1975. He formerly served as the vice secretary of the CPC
Yichang
Yichang (), alternatively romanized as Ichang, is a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, China. It is the third largest city in the province after the capital, Wuhan and the prefecture-level city Xiangyang, by urban populati ...
municipal committee, as well as vice mayor and later, mayor and Party chief of Yichang. He has also been the vice secretary of the CPC Hubei committee, secretary of the commission for discipline inspection of Hubei, and the secretary of the CPC
Wuhan
Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...
municipal committee. In October 2002, Luo was appointed vice governor and acting governor of Hubei. He was confirmed in January 2003 as governor. In October 2007, Luo succeeded
Yu Zhengsheng as the CPC Party chief of Hubei Province.
Luo was a member of the 15th
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
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. He was also a member of the
16th and the
17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
The 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 17th Congress on 21 October 2007, and sat until the 18th National Congress in 2012. The 17th CC is composed of full members and alternate members. It was followed by the ...
.
References
1945 births
2021 deaths
People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei
Politicians from Jingzhou
Governors of Hubei
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