Gou Zhongwen
Gou Zhongwen (Chinese: 苟仲文; born June 1957) is a Chinese politician, serving since 2016 as the director of the State General Administration of Sports.
Gou was born Zhenyuan County, Gansu province. He joined the Communist Party of China in April 1976, the year Mao died. He attended Xidian University with a degree in electrical engineering. He also has a Master's of Business Administration (MBA).
In February 2002, Gou was named Vice Minister of Information Technology. He was transferred to become a vice mayor of Beijing in April 2008.
He became a member of the Beijing party standing committee in July 2013, taking charge of the Zhongguancun administrative district a month later, in addition to overseeing education in the city.[1] In May 2016, he replaced the disgraced Lü Xiwen as deputy party chief of the Chinese capital.[2]
In October 2016, Gou became Director of the State General Administration of Sports. On December 28, 2016, he was elected as the President of the Chinese Olympic Committee.[3] He is currently the Executive President of the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
In 2019, he was elected as the new president of the International Wushu Federation.
References[]
- ^ "苟仲文任北京市委常委 陈刚另有任用". 财新网. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
- ^ "苟仲文任北京市委副书记". 腾讯. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ^ "Gou named President of Chinese Olympic Committee as outgoing Liu handed honorary role". Retrieved 2017-01-03.
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- 1957 births
- Politicians from Gansu
- People from Qingyang
- Xidian University alumni
- Living people
- Zhongguancun
- Deputy mayors of Beijing