Yang Xiong (politician)

Yang Xiong
杨雄
Mayor of Shanghai
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 December 2012 Acting until 1 February 2013
Preceded by	Han Zheng
Personal details
Born	November 1953 (age 70)
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.

Yang Xiong (Chinese: 杨雄; born November 1953) is a Chinese politician currently serving as Mayor of Shanghai. Yang is a graduate of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and has a master's degree in economics. He was formerly chairman of Shanghai Airlines.

Career

Yang Xiong traces his ancestry to the Hangzhou area of Zhejiang province, but was born in Nanhui County, Jiangsu province (now part of Pudong). He completed a graduate degree from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in July 1985. He worked in a variety of positions including chairman of Shanghai Airlines. In February 2001 he was transferred to the municipal government of Shanghai. In February 2003 he became a vice mayor of Shanghai and in January 2008 was promoted to executive vice mayor.

On 26 December 2012 Yang's predecessor Han Zheng, who had been elevated to the position of Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai, resigned as mayor and Yang was appointed the acting mayor of Shanghai in place of Han. On 1 February 2013, he was elected Mayor of Shanghai by the Municipal People's Congress.

At the time of his appointment, it was notable that unlike other provincial-level governors, Yang held neither a full nor alternate seat on the party's Central Committee; the only other provincial government leader in the same situation was Wei Hong of Sichuan.

References

Political offices
Preceded by Han Zheng	Mayor of Shanghai 2012–present	Incumbent