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Bo Xilai
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Key facts
- Deputy
- Wang Hongju , Huang Qifan
- Preceded by
- Wang Yang
- Succeeded by
- Zhang Dejiang
- Premier
- Wen Jiabao
- Party secretary
- Wen Shiyue
- Born
- ( 1949-07-03 ) 3 July 1949 (age 76) , Beiping , China
- Party
- Chinese Communist Party (1980–2012; expelled)
- Spouses
- Li Danyu ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 1976</span>"}]]}'>1976 – 1984 ) Gu Kailai ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 )
- Relations
- Bo Yibo (father), Hu Ming (mother)
- Children
- Li Wangzhi , Bo Guagua
- Relatives
- Bo family
- Education
- Peking University ( BA ), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ( MA )
- Criminal status
- Convicted by Jinan Intermediate People's Court in September 2013, incarcerated at Qincheng Prison
- Criminal charge
- Bribery, Embezzlement, Abuse of Office
- Penalty
- Life imprisonment
- Simplified chinese
- 薄熙来
- Traditional chinese
- 薄熙來
- Wungiu
- boq shi le
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Beijing
- Spouse
- Gu Kailai
- Father
- Bo Yibo
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Beijing No. 4 High School
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Image
- VOA-Bo Xilai.jpg
- Height
- 1.87
- Convicted of
- corruption
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- name in native language
- 薄熙来
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- Bo Xilai
- date of birth
- 1949-07-03
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- Category:Bo Xilai
- place of detention
- Qincheng Prison
- name in kana
- ポー・シーライ
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- Bo Xilai
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Encyclopedic overview
Bo Xilai (Chinese: 薄熙来; pinyin: Bó Xīlái; born 3 July 1949) is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of Dalian and then Governor of Liaoning. From 2004 to 2007, he served as Minister of Commerce. Between 2007 and 2012, he served as a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Party Secretary of Chongqing, a direct-administered municipality under the central government.
The son of former Chinese Vice Premier Bo Yibo, he was regarded as a princeling but cultivated a casual and charismatic public image, marking a notable departure from Chinese political convention. In Chongqing, Bo increased spending on welfare programs and maintained consistent double-digit GDP growth, while launching a crackdown on organized crime and promoting Cultural Revolution–style "red culture." His "Chongqing model" gained popularity among the Chinese New Left, composed of both Maoists and social democrats disillusioned with the country's opening up policy and increasing economic inequality. However, his lawless campaigns, rising personality cult, and the dissonance between his family life and egalitarian rhetoric made him a controversial figure.
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