Wang Yubo (, born January 1963) is a Chinese politician, serving since November 2020 as the Governor of Yunnan.

Biography

Wang was born in Zhenping County, Henan. he graduated from Qinghai Normal University with a bachelor's degree in 1984, majoring Chinese Language & Literature. In the same year, he joined the Communist Party. He had been served as the Deputy Director-general of the Science and Technology Department of Qinghai Province (2000–2003), Deputy Secretary-general of the Qinghai Government (2003–2008), Director-general of the Education Department of Qinghai (2008–2012), Mayor of

Xining Xining is the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. As of the 2020 census, it had 2,467,965 inhabitants (2,208,708 as of 2010), of whom 1,954,795 l ...

(2012–2015), Secretary-general of

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of Qinghai (2015–2017), and Deputy Governor of Qinghai (2017–2019). Wang was appointed as the

Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee Secretary In modern politics of China, Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, ...

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

in June 2019. He was named the acting

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in November 2020. He was elected as the Governor in January 2021. Wang is a delegate to the 12th and 13th National People's Congress.

References

1963 births Living people 21st-century mayors of places in China Qinghai Normal University alumni Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni People from Zhenping County, Henan Chinese Communist Party politicians from Henan Governors of Yunnan Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress Delegates to the National People's Congress from Yunnan Mayors of Xining Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party {{China-politician-stub