Luo Zhijun

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 served as chair 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 to March 2018. He also served as Communist Party Secretary and governor of Jiangsu.^[4] He died on 1 April 2023 at the age of 72.^[2]

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.^{[citation needed ]}

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

Luo 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 died on 1 April 2023.^[2]

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