Wang Menghui

Wang Menghui (Chinese: 王蒙徽; pinyin: Wáng Ménghuī; born January 1960) is a Chinese politician, and the current Communist Party Secretary of Hubei. Previously he served as Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Among other roles, he has served as party chief of Xiamen, and party chief of Shenyang.

Wang Menghui
王蒙徽
Communist Party Secretary of Hubei
Assumed office
29 March 2022
GovernorWang Zhonglin
Preceded byYing Yong
Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
In office
27 June 2017  28 March 2022
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byChen Zhenggao
Succeeded byNi Hong
Communist Party Secretary of Shenyang
In office
August 2016  May 2017
Preceded byZeng Wei
Succeeded byYi Lianhong
Communist Party Secretary of Xiamen
In office
May 2013  August 2016
Preceded byYu Weiguo
Succeeded byPei Jinjia
Personal details
Born (1960-01-29) 29 January 1960
Yancheng, Jiangsu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materTsinghua University

Biography

Originally from Yancheng, Jiangsu. He attended the department of architecture at Tsinghua University. After graduating from university, he became an instructor at his alma mater. He also attended Warsaw University of Technology. In 1993, he abandoned academia and entered politics in Guangdong, at a county-level city under Guangzhou. In May 2004, he became mayor of Shanwei. In 2006, he obtained his master's in engineering.[1]

In September 2008, he became party chief of Yunfu.[2] In December 2011, he became vice governor of Fujian.[3] In May 2013, he became party chief of Xiamen.

In August 2016, Wang was named Communist Party Secretary of Shenyang; in December 2016, he was named deputy party secretary of Liaoning province.[4] In June 2017, Wang was named Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.[5]

In June 2017, he was appointed minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and held that office until March 2022.[6]

On 29 March 2022, he was made Communist Party Secretary of Hubei, succeeding Ying Yong.[7]

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