Wu Tianjun (; born February 1957) is a former Chinese politician, and the CPC Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

. He was dismissed from his position in November 2016 for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Career

Wu Tianjun was born in

Puyang County Puyang County () is a county in the northeast of Henan province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Puyang. Administrative divisions As 2012, this county is divided to 8 towns and 12 townships. ;Towns ;Townships ...

in February 1957, and he was entered to Anyang Agriculture University in 1977 and graduated in 1978. He joined the CPC in 1982. Then he became Deputy County Magistrate of Qi County () in 1984. From 1987 to 1989, he served as Deputy Secretary of

Neihuang County Neihuang County () is a county in the north of Henan province, China, bordering Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiaz ...

, and upgraded to Secretary in 1991. In 1994, he became the Deputy Mayor of

Anyang Anyang (; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively. It had a ...

, and transferred to

Xinxiang Xinxiang ( ; postal: Sinsiang) is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan province, China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to its southwest, Kaifeng to its southeast, Hebi and Anyang to its north, Jiaozuo to its west, and the pr ...

in 2000. Wu served as Deputy Secretary, Mayor, Secretary until 2011. In May 2011, Wu was appointed as the CPC Deputy Secretary and Mayor of

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...

. He was appointed as Communist Party Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Henan in the first time in December 2011. In February 2012, he was appointed as the CPC Secretary of Zhengzhou. Wu was appointed as Communist Party Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Henan again in May 2016. He has not served as Member of CPC Provincial Standing Committee of Henan since October 2016.

Investigation

On November 11, 2016, Wu Tianjun was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations". Wu was expelled from the Communist Party on January 23, 2017. On August 4, 2017, Wu was sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking bribes worth 11.05 million yuan in Xiangyang.

References

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