Li Jia (; born September 1964) is a former Chinese politician, and
Communist Party Secretary of
Zhuhai,
Guangdong province. He was dismissed from his position in March 2016 for investigation by the
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Career
Li Jia was born in
Xiangyin County
Xiangyin County () is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yueyang City. Located on the southeastern shores of Lake Dongting, the Xiang River runs south to north through the middle lands of the county, the Zi River ...
,
Hunan. He joined the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1985 and graduated from the department of Electronics of
Sun Yat-sen University. In 1994, Li served as Deputy Head of the
CYLC Publicity Department of Guangdong and promoted to the post of head in 1996. In 2005 he became the mayor of
Meizhou and promoted to the post of mayor in 2007. Li became the Communist Party Secretary of
Meizhou in 2010 and transfer to Zhuhai in 2012.
Downfall
On March 23, 2016, Li Jia was placed under investigation by the
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the CCP's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations".
On March 8, 2017, he was expelled from the CCP and removed from public office.
On January 12, 2018, Li was sentenced to 13 years in prison and fined two million yuan for taking bribes worth 20.58 million yuan by the Intermediate People's Court in Zhangzhou.
References
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1964 births
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hunan
People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan
Political office-holders in Guangdong
Sun Yat-sen University alumni
Living people
Politicians from Yueyang
Expelled members of the Chinese Communist Party