Bayanqolu
Bayanqolu (Chinese: 巴音朝鲁; pinyin: Bāyīncháolǔ; born 5 October 1955) is a Chinese politician of Mongol ethnicity. He served as the Communist Party Secretary of Jilin Province from 2014 to 2020 and the Governor of Jilin from 2012 to 2014; Bayanqolu was, at the time of his appointment, the only ethnic-minority official serving as a provincial-level Party Secretary.
Bayanqolu | |||||||
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| ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ 巴音朝鲁 | |||||||
| Communist Party Secretary of Jilin | |||||||
| In office 31 August 2014 – 20 November 2020 | |||||||
| Deputy | Jing Junhai (Governor) | ||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Rulin | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Jing Junhai | ||||||
| Governor of Jilin | |||||||
| In office December 2012 – September 2014 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Rulin | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Jiang Chaoliang | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | 5 October 1955 Otog Front Banner, Inner Mongolia, China | ||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of China | ||||||
| Children | 2 daughters | ||||||
| Alma mater | Inner Mongolia Normal University University of Jinan | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 巴音朝魯 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 巴音朝鲁 | ||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Баянчулуу | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠴᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ | ||||||
Prior to his posts in Jilin province, Bayanqolu was best known for his seven-year term as the Party Secretary of the coastal city of Ningbo, Zhejiang. Bayanqolu was born in Otog Front Banner, Inner Mongolia. He attended Inner Mongolia Normal University and University of Jinan, where he obtained a master's degree in economics. He rose through the ranks of the Communist Youth League in the 1990s before being transferred to work in Zhejiang as vice governor, then as Ningbo party chief.