Luo Zhijun

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Luo.

Not to be confused with Liu Zhijun, former Minister of Railways.

Luo Zhijun
罗志军
Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu Province
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2010
Preceded by	Liang Baohua
Personal details
Born	November 1951 Lingyuan, Liaoning, China
Political party	Communist Party of China

Luo Zhijun (simplified Chinese: 罗志军; traditional Chinese: 羅志軍; pinyin: Luó Zhìjūn; born November 1951) is a Chinese politician. He is the Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu Province, the top-ranking official of the province, and a former Governor.

Biography

Luo was born in Lingyuan, Liaoning Province, the son of Luo Wen, a major general in the People's Liberation Army. Luo joined the army in February 1968 and became a soldier in PLA's North Sea Fleet. He joined Communist Party of China in the next year. In September 1978 he moved to Beijing and became the secretary of Communist Youth League at Beijing Medical Radioactive Machine Factory. He entered China Youth Daily in 1980, and was later promoted to secretary general in that agency.

In September 1995, he was appointed as vice mayor of Nanjing, and was elevated to mayor in 2002. He became the Nanjing municipal party chief in 2003. In December 2007, he was promoted deputy party chief of Jiangsu. On 4 January 2008, he was elected as vice governor and acting governor of Jiangsu Province, and was duly confirmed as Governor by a session of the provincial People's Congress on 31 January 2008. Luo was named the Party Secretary of Jiangsu province in December 2010 following the retirement of Liang Baohua due to age.

Luo Zhijun is a member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee.

References

Government offices
Preceded by Liang Baohua	Governor of Jiangsu 2008 – 2010	Succeeded by Li Xueyong
Preceded by Wang Hongmin	Mayor of Nanjing 2001 – 2003	Succeeded by Jiang Hongkun
Party political offices
Preceded by Liang Baohua	Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu 2010 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Li Yuanchao	Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing 2003 – 2008	Succeeded by Zhu Shanlu