Sun Zhengcai | |
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孙政才 | |
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| Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing | |
| In office November 2012 – July 2017 | |
| Deputy | Huang Qifan→Zhang Guoqing (mayor) Zhang Guoqing→Tang Liangzhi (zhuanzhi) |
| Preceded by | Zhang Dejiang |
| Succeeded by | Chen Min'er |
| Communist Party Secretary of Jilin | |
| In office November 2009 – November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Wang Min |
| Succeeded by | Wang Rulin |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office December 2006 – December 2009 | |
| Premier | Wen Jiabao |
| Preceded by | Du Qinglin |
| Succeeded by | Han Changfu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 25, 1963 Rongcheng, Shandong, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (expelled) |
| Alma mater | Qingdao Agricultural University China Agricultural University |
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| Simplified Chinese | 孙政才 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 孫政才 | ||||||||
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Sun Zhengcai (Chinese: 孙政才; born September 25, 1963) is a former Chinese politician and senior regional official. From 2012 to 2017, Sun served as the Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing, an interior municipality, and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Prior to that, he served as the Party Secretary of Jilin province, and Minister of Agriculture of China.
Sun was abruptly removed from office in July 2017 and put under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). The CCDI accused him of political and criminal wrongdoing, and he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party. He was convicted of bribery and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2018.
Sun was the youngest member of the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, and the fourth sitting Politburo member to be expelled from the party since 1990. Prior to his fall from grace, Sun was once considered to be a leading candidate for a top leadership position in the "6th Generation of Chinese leadership".