Wu Yingjie | |||||||
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吴英杰 | |||||||
 Wu in 2019 | |||||||
| Party Secretary of Tibet | |||||||
| In office 28 August 2016 – 18 October 2021 | |||||||
| Deputy | Losang Jamcan Che Dalha (chairman) | ||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Quanguo | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Junzheng | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | December 1956 (age 68) Changyi County,Shandong | ||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma mater | Tibet Minzu University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴英杰 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳英傑 | ||||||
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Wu Yingjie (Chinese:吴英杰; born December 1956) is a Chinese politician based in Tibet who formerly served asParty Secretary of Tibet, the top official in Tibet. Originally fromShandong province, Wu grew up in Tibet and worked for his entire career in the region. He becameDeputy Party Secretary of Tibet in 2011 and served in the post for nearly five years before being elevated to party chief.
Wu was born inChangyi County, Shandong province. His father received a job assignment in theTibetan Plateau when he was just one year old, so he moved to the region with his family. He arrived inNyingchi in October 1974 as arusticated youth during theCultural Revolution. Wu is a graduate of theTibet Minzu University and took part in leadership education at theCentral Party School of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] In 1977 he began working for a power generation station in the western suburbs of Lhasa. In August 1983 he joined the Tibet Autonomous Region's department of education. He would work in education for the next two decades. In 1987 he began overseeing elementary and secondary education as a regional bureaucrat. In 1990, he was put in charge of accepting donations of educational resources from other parts of the country. In 1994 he joined the Autonomous Region Education Commission, rising to deputy secretary in May 1998. In March 2000 he was named deputy head of the education department, then promoted to head in 2000.
In January 2003, Wu was named Vice Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region; in June 2005 he took on the regional propaganda portfolio, and joined the regionalparty standing committee next month. In November 2006 he became Executive Vice Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
In November 2011 he was named deputy regional party chief. In April 2013 he was named executive deputy party chief. In August 2016, he became the Party Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Wu leaped directly from the deputy party chief position into the office of the party secretary, breaking a tradition that TAR party chiefs would be appointed from other regions in China.[1]
On 23 October 2021, he was appointed vice chairperson of theNational People's Congress Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee.[2] In March 2023, Wu was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and director of thecommittee on culture, historical data and studies.[3]
In December 2022, theUnited States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Wu under theGlobal Magnitsky Act for human rights abuses in Tibet.[4][5]
On December 11, 2024, onInternational Human Rights Day,Minister of Foreign Affairs of CanadaMélanie Joly announced Canada's sanctions against Wu and seven other government officials of Xinjiang and Tibet involved in serious human rights violations.[6]
On 16 June 2024, Wu was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and theNational Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.[7] On July 24, the Eighth Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference made the decision to remove Wu as a member of the committee and as director of the committee on culture, historical data and studies.[8] He was expelled from the Communist Party after an investigation conducted against him revealed that he failed to implement the 'party's policies' and meddled in local projects for personal gain.[9] On December 24, theSupreme People's Procuratorate announced his arrest.[10]
| Government offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by ? | Director of Education Department of Tibet Autonomous Region 2000–2003 | Succeeded by Song Heping |
| Preceded by | Executive Vice Chairman of Tibet 2006–2013 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Head of the Propaganda Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese Communist Party 2005–2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy Party Secretary of Tibet 2013–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Tibet 2016–2021 | Succeeded by |