Yang Weize
Yang Weize | |
|---|---|
| 杨卫泽 | |
| Party Secretary of Nanjing | |
| In office March 2011 – 8 January 2015 | |
| Deputy | Ji Jianye (2011–2013) Miao Ruilin (2013–2015) |
| Preceded by | Zhu Shanlu |
| Succeeded by | Huang Lixin |
| Communist Party Secretary of Wuxi | |
| In office November 2004 – March 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Wang Rong |
| Succeeded by | Mao Xiaoping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1962 (age 62) Nantong, Jiangsu, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (1988–2015, expelled) |
Yang Weize (simplified Chinese: 杨卫泽; traditional Chinese: 楊衛澤; pinyin: Yáng Wèizé; born October 1962) is a former Chinese politician. He was the Party Secretary of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as the party secretary in the neighbouring city of Wuxi for seven years, and before that the Mayor of Suzhou. In 2015, Yang was put under investigation for corruption by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He was tried and convicted on corruption charges and sentenced to twelve years and six months in prison in December 2016.