Wang Junmin (; April 1955 – 12 November 2018) was a

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politician who served as

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between May 2012 and August 2015. He also served as vice-governor of Shandong between June 2002 and August 2012. During his term in office, he headed the province's industrial and safe production work. He was a delegate to the

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Biography

Wang was born in Rongcheng,

in April 1955. He entered the workforce in February 1972, and joined the

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in December 1973. After resuming the college entrance examination in September 1983, he entered

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, where he majored in

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. He was

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of Zhaoyuan County in February 1987, and held that office until May 1989. In 1989 he was promoted to become Deputy Communist Party Secretary of

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, a position he held until 1992. At the end of 1992, he was transferred to

Jinan Jinan (), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Tsinan, is the Capital (political), capital of Shandong province in East China, Eastern China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is the second-largest city i ...

, capital of

province, where he was vice-governor of Shandong from June 2002 to August 2012. He rose to become Specific Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shandong in August 2012, serving in the post until August 2015. On November 12, 2018, Wang died of illness in Jinan, Shandong, two months after his retirement.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Junmin 1955 births Shandong University alumni East China Normal University alumni Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni 2018 deaths People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong