Wan Exiang (; born May 1956) is a Chinese politician, jurist, chairperson of the

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(2012–2022), Vice Chairperson of the 12th and 13th

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s (2013–present).

Biography

Wan Exiang was born in Gong'an, Hubei in 1956. Wan received his B.A degree from

Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; ) is a public research university in Wuhan, Hubei. The university is sponsored by the Ministry of Education. Wuhan university was founded as one of the four elite universities in the early republican period of China and i ...

in 1980, LL.M. degree from

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in 1987 and LL.D. degree from

Wuhan University School of Law Wuhan University School of Law is the law school of Wuhan University in Wuhan, China. The School of Law was oft-referred as one of the "Four Famous Law Schools" in China, and one of the "four departments and five colleges," representing the h ...

in 1988. After graduation, he joined the faculty of Wuhan University. Wan was elected as the vice president of the Intermediate People's Court of Wuhan in 1996, vice president of the

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of Hubei in 1999, and Vice President of the

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in 2000. He was elected President of the

in 2002. Wan attended the Group of 20 parliament speakers in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 4, 2019. He announced that China is ready to strengthen parliamentary exchanges with Japan to better promote the improvement and development of bilateral relations. On 7 December 2020, pursuant to

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, the

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imposed sanctions on all 14

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, including Wan, for "undermining Hong Kong's autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly."

References

External links

Wan Exiang's profile at Wuhan University website
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