Wang Lijun | |
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| 王立军 ᠦᠨᠡᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ (Ünenbatar) | |
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| Vice Mayor of Chongqing | |
| In office May 27, 2011 – March 23, 2012 | |
| Party Secretary | Bo Xilai |
| Mayor | Wang Hongju Huang Qifan |
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| Born | 26 December 1959 Arxan, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (until 2012) |
| Education | People's Public Security University of China |
| Occupation | Chongqing police chief; Tieling police chief |
| Known for | Chongqing gang trials, Wang Lijun incident |
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| Simplified Chinese | 王立军 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王立軍 | ||||||||||||
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| Mongolian script | ᠦᠨᠡᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ | ||||||||||||
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Wang Lijun (born 26 December 1959) is a Chinese former police chief. He served as vice-mayor and police chief of the megacity of Chongqing. Wang is ethnically Mongol and was born in Arxan, Inner Mongolia.[1] Prior to taking on positions in Chongqing, Wang served as vice-mayor and police chief of Jinzhou, Liaoning, and the police chief of Tieling, Liaoning.[2]
Wang rose to prominence in Liaoning where he gained a reputation for carrying out effective campaigns against organized crime. He became a close associate of prominent politician Bo Xilai, initially working for Bo in Liaoning province, then taking up the police chief post in Chongqing once Bo became the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary there. In Chongqing, Wang was known for his role as a political fixer for Bo Xilai, in addition to carrying out the Chongqing gang trials, which gained significant media coverage.
In March 2012, Wang, feeling threatened after having fallen out with Bo, abruptly appeared at the U.S. consulate in Chengdu in what became known as the Wang Lijun incident, setting off a sensational and protracted political scandal that brought down himself and Bo Xilai. In September 2012, Wang was convicted on charges of abuse of power, bribery, and defection, and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. He also testified against Bo Xilai at Bo's trial.
- ^ "Biography of Wang Lijun". China Vitae. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ Ewing, Kent. (19 March 2010). "Bo Xilai: China's Brash Populist". Asia Times Online. Asia Times Online (Holdings). Retrieved 8 February 2012.