Li Liguo (; born November 1953) is a Chinese politician. He served as the Minister of Civil Affairs between 2010 and 2016, and formerly served as

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of the

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China in Southwest China. It was overlayed on the traditional Tibetan regions of � ...

, among other roles. He was investigated by the

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in late 2016, was assigned responsibility for corruption at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and stripped of his post as minister. His party membership was put on two-year probation.

Career

Li Liguo is a native of Yutian County in

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and 0 ...

province. He began working in January 1970 at the Construction Equipment Factory of Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, and joined the

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in November 1974. Li worked at a number of factories in Shenyang for 15 years, until entering the government in June 1985, when he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the

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of Liaoning province. From January 1990 to 1993 he was the Vice Mayor of

Panjin Panjin () is a coastal prefecture-level city in central Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, situated on the northern shore of the Liaodong Bay. It borders Anshan to the east, Yingkou to the southeast, and Jinzhou to the west and north ...

, a

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in Liaoning. He also enrolled in post-secondary education programs on a part-time basis, earning a master's degree in engineering in April 1992 from Northeastern Institute of Engineering (now known as Northeastern University). In January 1993 Li Liguo was transferred to

, becoming the

of the autonomous region in January 1999 and Vice Chairman of the Tibet

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in 2003. In December 2005 Li was transferred to the central government and appointed Executive Vice Minister of Civil Affairs. He was promoted to Minister in June 2010, replacing retiring Li Xueju. In March 2013 he was reappointed Minister of Civil Affairs of the Li Keqiang cabinet. Li is a full member of the

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Investigation

In the October 2016 footage of ''

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'', Li Liguo was missing from the attendees of the sixth plenum of the

, stirring speculation that he had been sacked due to scandal. He was successively removed from his positions beginning in November. On January 9, 2017, it was confirmed at a news conference that Li Liguo was undergoing investigation by the

(CCDI). Li was the first sitting minister of

Li Keqiang Government The Li Keqiang Government is the Central People's Government of China from 2013. Premier Li Keqiang took office on 15 March 2013. It succeeded the Wen Jiabao government. Premier Li is ranked only second to Party general secretary Xi Jinping ...

to come under investigation by the CCDI since

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assumed

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in 2012. On February 9, 2017, the CCDI announced that Li Liguo was stripped from his position as Minister of Civil Affairs and demoted to deputy-department-level () for failing to impose strict party discipline at the ministry and allowing "systematic corruption" to occur under his watch. His party membership was put on two-year probation, pending future consideration. He also lost his eligibility to be a delegate to the 18th Party Congress.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Liguo Living people 1953 births Government ministers of the People's Republic of China Political office-holders in Tibet Political office-holders in Liaoning Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hebei People's Republic of China politicians from Hebei Politicians from Tangshan Northeastern University (China) alumni

Career

Investigation

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