Ji Jianye 季建业 | |
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Mayor of Nanjing | |
In office 19 August 2009 – 16 October 2013 | |
Preceded by | Jiang Hongkun |
Succeeded by | Miao Ruilin |
Personal details | |
Born | January 28, 1957 Shazhou County, Jiangsu, China |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1974–2014, expelled) |
Ji Jianye (Chinese: 季建业; pinyin: Jì Jiànyè; born January 28, 1957) is a former Chinese politician. He was mayor of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, from 2010 to 2013. Prior to that Ji held office as mayor, then Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the city of Yangzhou between 2003 and 2010. In October 2013, Ji Jianye was abruptly dismissed from office, and detained for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[1][2] In January 2014, Ji was expelled from CCP. He was tried on charges of bribery and sentenced to 15 years in prison.