Huang Xingguo

Huang Xingguo
黄兴国
Huang Xingguo speaks at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin in September 2010.
Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin
Acting
In office
30 December 2014 – 1 September 2016
Preceded bySun Chunlan
Succeeded byLi Hongzhong
Mayor of Tianjin
In office
28 January 2008 – 14 September 2016
(acting from 28 December 2007)
Preceded byDai Xianglong
Succeeded byWang Dongfeng
Personal details
Born (1954-10-01) October 1, 1954 (age 70)
Xiangshan County, Zhejiang
NationalityChinese
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1973–2016) (expelled)
Alma materCentral Party School

Huang Xingguo (simplified Chinese: 黄兴国; traditional Chinese: 黃興國; pinyin: Huáng Xīngguó; born October 1954) was the Mayor of Tianjin, and, between 2015 and 2016, the acting Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin.[1] Huang is originally from Zhejiang province, and previously served as party chief of Ningbo, and the party chief of Taizhou. In 2016, he was investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and subsequently expelled from the Chinese Communist Party for breaking party regulations. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison upon being convicted on charges of bribery.