Zhang Wenyue was the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

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 Liaoning provincial committee Secretary

Politics of Liaoning

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, succeeding his colleague Li Keqiang

Li Keqiang

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 from October 2007.
In 2010 he retired and is succeeded by Wang Min.

Biography

A native of Fengcheng

Fengcheng

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, Jiangxi

Jiangxi

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and a graduate of the China University of Geosciences

China University of Geosciences

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, Zhang joined the Communist Party of China in June 1965. During the Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

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 Zhang was placed in an army work troupe, subsequently being sent to Sichuan

Sichuan

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 in 1969. Since then his career had been largely concentrated in the geological field until 1995, when he was transferred to work in Xinjiang

Xinjiang

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 as the autonomous region's deputy party secretary.

From 1999 to 2001 he served as the commander-in-chief of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps

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, before moving onto Liaoning

Liaoning

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 to succeed Bo Xilai

Bo Xilai

Bo Xilai is the Communist Party of China Chongqing Committee Secretary, first-in-charge of the Western interior municipality and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China...

 to become the province's governor in 2004.