Luo Zhijun

Preceded byLiang BaohuaSucceeded byLi QiangGovernor of JiangsuIn office
4 January 2008 – 8 December 2010Preceded byLiang BaohuaSucceeded byLi Xueyong Personal detailsBorn(1951-11-28)28 November 1951
Lingyuan, Liaoning, ChinaDied1 April 2023(2023-04-01) (aged 71)Political partyChinese Communist PartyAlma materChina University of Political Science and LawMilitary serviceAllegiancePeople's Republic of ChinaBranch/servicePeople's Liberation Army NavyYears of service1968–1978UnitNorth Sea FleetChinese nameSimplified Chinese罗志军Traditional Chinese羅志軍

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Luó Zhìjūn

Luo Zhijun (simplified Chinese: 罗志军; traditional Chinese: 羅志軍; pinyin: Luó Zhìjūn; 28 November 1951 – 1 April 2023)^[2] was a Chinese politician. He was serving as Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee from 16 March 2018 to 13 March 2023.^[1][3] He was vice-chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee from July 2016 until March 2018. He was the former Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu, and prior to that the provincial governor.^[4] He died on 1 April 2023 at the age of 72.^[2]

Biography

Luo was born in Lingyuan, Liaoning, 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 the Chinese Communist Party 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 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 to 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. On 2 July 2016, Luo was appointed vice-chairperson of the National People's Congress Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee.^[5]

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

Luo Zhijun finished his term as Chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and succeeded by Wang Jianjun on 13 March 2023.^[1]

Luo Zhijun died on 1 April 2023.^[2]

References

Government offices
Preceded by Wang Hongmin	Mayor of Nanjing 2001–2003	Succeeded by Jiang Hongkun
Preceded by Liang Baohua	Governor of Jiangsu 2008–2010	Succeeded by Li Xueyong
Party political offices
Preceded by Li Yuanchao	Communist Party Secretary of Nanjing 2003–2008	Succeeded by Zhu Shanlu
Preceded by Liang Baohua	Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu 2010–2016	Succeeded by Li Qiang
Assembly seats
Preceded by Liang Baohua	Chairman of Jiangsu People's Congress 2011–2017	Succeeded by Li Qiang
New title	Chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 2018–2023	Succeeded by Wang Jianjun