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Gou Zhongwen
苟仲文
Gou Zhongwen in September 2017
Director of the State General Administration of Sports
In office
31 October 2016 – 29 July 2022
Preceded byLiu Peng
Succeeded byGao Zhidan
Personal details
Born (1957-06-26) 26 June 1957 (age 67)
Zhenyuan County, Gansu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materXidian University

Gou Zhongwen (Chinese: 苟仲文; pinyin: Gǒu Zhòngwén; born 26 June 1957) is a Chinese politician who served as director of the State General Administration of Sports from 2016 to 2022.

Biography

Gou was born Zhenyuan County, Gansu province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party 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.

He was awarded the Silver Olympic Order after the 2022 Winter Olympics.[4]

References

  1. ^ "苟仲文任北京市委常委 陈刚另有任用". 财新网. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  2. ^ "苟仲文任北京市委副书记". 腾讯. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  3. ^ "Gou named President of Chinese Olympic Committee as outgoing Liu handed honorary role". Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  4. ^ "IOC thanks Beijing 2022 for memorable Olympic Winter Games". International Olympic Committee. 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
Party political offices
Preceded by Secretary of the Education Committee of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
2013–2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Beijing
2016
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Director of the State General Administration of Sports
2016–2022
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the All-China Sports Federation
2016–2022
Succeeded by
President of the Chinese Olympic Committee
2016–2022