Sun Zhengcai

Sun Zhengcai
孙政才
Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing
In office
November 2012 – July 2017
DeputyHuang QifanZhang Guoqing (mayor)
Zhang Guoqing→Tang Liangzhi (zhuanzhi)
Preceded byZhang Dejiang
Succeeded byChen Min'er
Communist Party Secretary of Jilin
In office
November 2009 – November 2012
Preceded byWang Min
Succeeded byWang Rulin
Minister of Agriculture
In office
December 2006 – December 2009
PremierWen Jiabao
Preceded byDu Qinglin
Succeeded byHan Changfu
Personal details
Born (1963-09-25) September 25, 1963 (age 61)
Rongcheng, Shandong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (expelled)
Alma materQingdao Agricultural University
China Agricultural University
Sun Zhengcai
Simplified Chinese孙政才
Traditional Chinese孫政才
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Zhèngcái
IPA[swə́n ʈʂə̂ŋ.tsʰǎɪ]

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".