Si Xianmin | |
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司献民 | |
.jpg) Si Xianmin (right) withEric Garcetti in November 2014 | |
| Born | November 1957 (age 67–68) Lushan County, Henan, China[1] |
| Alma mater | Civil Aviation Flight University of China Tsinghua University |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman ofChina Southern Airlines (October 2004 – November 2015) General Manager of China Southern Airlines (January 2009 – November 2015) |
| Years active | 1975–2015 |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1976–2016; expelled) |
Si Xianmin (simplified Chinese:司献民;traditional Chinese:司獻民;pinyin:Sī Xiànmín; born November 1957) is a former Chinese business executive who served as chairman and general manager ofChina Southern Airlines, theworld's sixth-largest airline measured by passengers carried and Asia'slargest airline in fleet size and passengers carried. Si Xiamin spent more than 20 years in China Southern Airlines. He was a delegate to the12th National People's Congress. In November 2015, he was placed under investigation by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection.[2][3] He is the first head ofcivil aviation in China implicated since the beginning of Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive after he took power in late 2012.[4]
Born in November 1957, Si Xianmin graduated from the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University as well asCivil Aviation Flight University of China.[citation needed]
Beginning in 1975, he worked in China's civil aviation field. In 1992 he enteredChina Southern Airlines, China's largest airline by passenger traffic, he served as its deputy director and then director of Henan Branch Office, he remained in that position until 1998, when he was transferred to southwest China'sGuizhou province and appointed theChinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and deputy general manager of Guizhou Branch Office. In 2000 he was transferred again toGuangzhou, capital ofGuangdong province, he was elevated toChinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary of China Southern Airlines, a position he held until 2003. He was promoted to CCP Committee Secretary of its North Branch in 2003, and held that office until October 2004. Then he was promoted again to become its general manager, and he concurrently served as its chairman in January 2009.[citation needed]
Between 26 November 2014 to 30 December 2014, the first team theChinese Communist Party's internal control body were tipped off about suspected violations during their checks of China Southern Airlines. It was not long before the company's three deputy general managers Chen Gang (陈港), Xu Jiebo (徐杰波), Zhou Yuehai (周岳海) and operation director Tian Xiaodong (田晓东) were sacked for graft.[5]
On November 4, 2015, "Si Xianmin has come under investigation for serious violations of discipline",Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement on its website, without elaborating.[6]
On February 3, 2016, Si Xianmin was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party. The investigation concluded that Si violatedEight-point Regulation, played golf with public funds, accepted bribes etc.[7]
On April 28, 2017, Si Xianmin was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison for taking bribes worth 7.89 million yuan (~$1.14 million) in Shenzhen People's Intermediate Court.[8]
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| Preceded by Liu Shaoyong | General Manager ofChina Southern Airlines 2009–2015 | Succeeded by |