Huang Qifan | |
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黄奇帆 | |
Mayor of Chongqing | |
In office 30 November 2009 – 30 December 2016 | |
Party Secretary | Bo Xilai Zhang Dejiang Sun Zhengcai |
Preceded by | Wang Hongju |
Succeeded by | Zhang Guoqing |
Personal details | |
Born | May 1952 (age 72) Zhuji, Zhejiang |
Nationality | Chinese |
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Shanghai Mechanical College Nankai University China Europe International Business School |
Huang Qifan (simplified Chinese: 黄奇帆; traditional Chinese: 黃奇颿; pinyin: Huáng Qífān, born May 1952) is a Chinese politician, best known for his term as the Mayor of Chongqing, one of China's four directly-controlled municipalities, between 2010 and 2016. Huang began his political career in Shanghai and was transferred to Chongqing in 2001 as its Deputy Mayor, before being promoted to Mayor in 2010.