Wang Yang (; born February 1957) is a former Chinese politician. He held a series of positions in governments at the municipal and provincial level in

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province for more than 30 years. He was investigated by the

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's anti-graft agency in March 2016. At the time of his downfall, he was serving as vice-chairman of the Liaoning People's Congress.

Biography

Early life and education

Wang was born in

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in February 1957. He was a

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during the

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province. After the

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, he became a worker at Anshan Glass Factory. He entered

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in September 1979, majoring in philosophy, where he graduated in August 1983. After graduation, he taught at Anshan Training School for Cadres.

Career

He began his political career in January 1984, as an officer in the General Office of the Anshan municipal party committee, rising to deputy director of the office nine years later. Then he successively served as

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of Jiubao District in May 1994 and

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in June 1996. During his term in office, he studied as a graduate student at

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, majoring in management engineering. In March 1999 he became secretary-general Anshan party committee, and four years later promoted to deputy party chief. In August 2004, he was elevated to secretary general of CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, a position he held until February 2008, when he was appointed deputy party boss and acting mayor of

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. In August 2010, he was named deputy party boss and acting mayor of Anshan, and held that offices until January 2012, when he was promoted again to become party boss of

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. In January 2013, Wang Yang rose to become vice-chairman of the Liaoning People's Congress.

Downfall

On March 16, 2016, Wang Yang was suspected of "serious violations of Party discipline", and placed under investigation by the

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(CCDI). Wang was expelled from the Communist Party on June 2, 2016, for violated Eight-point Regulation and bribery. On May 31, 2017, Wang was sentenced on 16 years and 6 months in prison for taking bribes worth 62.91 million yuan (~$9.26 million) and vote-buying by the Intermediate People's Court in Daqing.

Personal life

Wang Yang has a daughter, Wang Shengqi (; born 1987), a graduate of the

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and

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. In 2011, at the age of 24, she was appointed deputy dean of the International Education College of

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, a position at deputy-division level () on China's government administrative hierarchy.

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