Zeng Qinghong (female)

Not to be confused with Zeng Qinghong.

Zeng Qinghong (Chinese: 曾庆红; born April 1962) is a female Chinese politician from Jiangxi province, serving since 2013 as the Head of the Organization Department of Chongqing. In the past, she had served as the mayor of Jiujiang, and the vice governor of Jiangxi.

Zeng was born in Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province. She graduated from Jiangxi University (now Nanchang University) with a degree in Marxist philosophy. She joined the Communist Party of China in July 1984. After graduating from university, she was sent to work for a grassroots Communist Youth League organization in Xinfeng County, Jiangxi. She then served in local party propaganda organizations teaching and disseminating party doctrine. She has served as the mayor of the cities of Pingxiang and Ji'an (both prefecture-level). In December 2008 she was named deputy party chief of Jiujiang, and was confirmed as mayor of Jiujiang on February 27, 2009.[1] In August 2011 she was named deputy Organization Department head of Jiangxi province, before being named vice governor of Jiangxi in January 2013.[2]

In July 2013, she was transferred to Chongqing to become head of the Organization Department there.[2]

Her name is identical in pronunciation and in written characters as former Vice President and Politburo Standing Committee member Zeng Qinghong; the two are not known to be related.

References

  1. ↑ 曾庆红当选九江市市长
  2. 1 2 "凌月明、曾庆红(女)任重庆市委常委". Hualong Wang. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
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