Li Yilong

Li Yilong (Chinese: 李亿龙; pinyin: Lǐ Yìlóng; born June 1956) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in central China's Hunan province.[1] He was investigated by the Communist Party of China's anti-graft agency in April 2016. Previously he served as the deputy director of Hunan Provincial Rural Work Leading Group.

Li Yilong
李亿龙
Communist Party Secretary of Hengyang
In office
March 2013 – March 2016
Preceded byZhang Wenxiong
Succeeded byZhou Nong
Communist Party Secretary of Huaihua
In office
March 2008 – March 2013
Preceded byLiu Lianyu
Succeeded byZhang Ziyin
Mayor of Huaihua
In office
January 2007 – June 2008
Preceded byChen Zhiqiang
Succeeded byYi Pengfei
Communist Party Secretary of Liuyang
In office
September 2002 – April 2006
Preceded byYuan Guanqing
Succeeded byYi Jialiang
Personal details
BornJune 1956 (age 64)
Wangcheng County, Hunan
NationalityChinese
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Spouse(s)Yang Lan
ResidenceHunan
Alma materZhongnan University of Economics and Law
OccupationPolitician
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese李億龍
Simplified Chinese李亿龙
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Yilong is nicknamed "Mayor of Constructing Cities" (造城市长) for vigorously develop urban construction during his term in office.[2]

Biography

Born in Wangcheng County of Changsha, Hunan in June 1956, Li Yilong graduated from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 1988. He was a sent-down youth during the Down to the Countryside Movement.

He served in various posts in Changsha People's Government before serving as Communist Party Secretary of Liuyang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Changsha, in 2002. He was mayor of Huaihua from January 2007 to June 2008, and Communist Party Secretary, the top political position in the city, from March 2008 to March 2013. Then he was transferred to Hengyang and appointed the Communist Party Secretary there.[3][4] In March 2016, he was named deputy director of Hunan Provincial Rural Work Leading Group, but having held the position for only one month, while he was placed under investigation by the Communist Party's anti-corruption agency.

On January 15, 2018, he was sentenced to 18 years for accepting bribes, holding a huge amount of property from an unidentified source and abusing his power by the Loudi Intermediate People's Court.[5] His wife Yang Lan was sentenced to 3 years for accepting bribes.[5][6]

Personal life

Li married Yang Lan (杨岚; born 12 April 1968), who served as a section member in Changsha Municipal Government before detaining by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).[5]

References
  1. 湖南衡阳原书记李亿龙被查 被纪委带走时曾反抗. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-04-08.
  2. 湖南衡阳贿选案后李亿龙被任命市委书记 现被查. 163.COM (in Chinese). 2016-04-08.
  3. "Li Yilong, New Secretary of Municipal Party Committee". 2013-04-14.
  4. 周农任衡阳市委书记 (in Chinese). 2016-04-01.
  5. 除了“严书记夫人” 这位霸蛮书记的妻子也坑夫. ifeng (in Chinese). 2018-06-16.
  6. 衡阳三任书记落马：“救火书记”李亿龙被指生活糜烂. qq.com (in Chinese). 2016-12-16.
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