Nie Chunyu (; born July 1955) is a former Chinese politician from

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

province. He served on the province's party Standing Committee, and as the Secretary-General of the Party Committee, a position responsible for the coordination and execution of routine party work. Prior to that he served as the Head of the party's provincial United Front Work Department, and Party Secretary of Lüliang. He was removed from office in August 2014 along with several high-ranking colleagues, and placed under investigation for corruption by the party's anti-graft agency.

Career

Nie was born and raised in Houma,

, he graduated from

Liaoning Technical University Liaoning Technical University (LNTU, also Liaoning University of Engineering and Technology; ) has three campuses, two of which are located in Fuxin, Liaoning, China, and the third one is located in Huludao, Liaoning, China. The university is adm ...

, majoring in surveying. He got involved in politics in October 1976 and joined the

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in August 1973. After college, he was assigned to Houma as local official. Beginning in 1984, he served in several posts in Shanxi, including division head, director, and party secretary.More Officials in Scandal-Hit Shanxi Come under CDIC Scrutiny
/ref> In March 2004 he became the Deputy CPC Party Chief of

Lüliang Lüliang or Lyuliang () is a prefecture-level city in the west of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shaanxi province across the Yellow River to the west, Jinzhong and the provincial capital of Taiyuan to the east, Linfen t ...

, rising to Party Chief in 2006. He also served as the mayor of Lüliang between July 2004 to February 2006. In January 2011, he was elevated to the head of the United Front Work Department of the provincial Party committee and became a Standing Committee member of the CPC Shanxi Committee. Two years later, he became secretary general of the standing committee.

Downfall

On August 23, 2014, Nie Chunyu was being investigated by the

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for "serious violations of laws and regulations". On August 28, he was removed from office. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection concluded on February 3, 2015, that Nie had "used the convenience of his office to seek gain for others and took a huge amount of bribes, took monetary and other gifts; and committed adultery." On October 19, 2016, Nie was sentenced to 15 years for guilty of bribery.

References

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