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Li Yilong
Li Yilong
李亿龙
Communist Party Secretary of Hengyang
	In office; March 2013 – March 2016
Preceded by	Zhang Wenxiong
Succeeded by	Zhou Nong
Communist Party Secretary of Huaihua
	In office; March 2008 – March 2013
Preceded by	Liu Lianyu
Succeeded by	Zhang Ziyin
Mayor of Huaihua
	In office; January 2007 – June 2008
Preceded by	Chen Zhiqiang
Succeeded by	Yi Pengfei
Communist Party Secretary of Liuyang
	In office; September 2002 – April 2006
Preceded by	Yuan Guanqing
Succeeded by	Yi Jialiang
Personal details
Born	June 1956 (age 68); Wangcheng County, Hunan, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1986–2016; expelled)
Alma mater	Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李億龍
Simplified Chinese	李亿龙
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǐ Yìlóng

Li Yilong (Chinese: 李亿龙; born June 1956) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in central China's Hunan province.^[1] He was investigated by the Chinese Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in April 2016. Previously he served as the deputy director of Hunan Provincial Rural Work Leading Group.

Li Yilong is nicknamed "Mayor of Constructing Cities" (造城市长) for vigorously develop urban construction during his term in office.^[2]

Career

Born in Wangcheng County of Changsha, Hunan in June 1956, Li Yilong graduated from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 1988. He was a sent-down youth during the Down to the Countryside Movement.

He served in various posts in Changsha People's Government before serving as Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Liuyang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Changsha, in 2002. He was mayor of Huaihua from January 2007 to June 2008, and Communist Party Secretary, the top political position in the city, from March 2008 to March 2013. Then he was transferred to Hengyang and appointed the Communist Party Secretary there.^[3]^[4] In March 2016, he was named deputy director of Hunan Provincial Rural Work Leading Group, but having held the position for only one month, while he was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Downfall

On September 23, 2016, he was detained by the Hunan Provincial People's Procuratorate. On November 23, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and dismissed from public office.^[5]

On August 11, 2017, he was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes, corruption, abusing his powers, and holding a huge amount of property with unidentified sources.^{[citation needed]}

On January 15, 2018, he was sentenced to 18 years for accepting bribes, holding a huge amount of property from an unidentified source and abusing his power by the Loudi Intermediate People's Court.^[6] His wife Yang Lan was sentenced to 3 years for accepting bribes.^[6]^[7]

Personal life

Li married Yang Lan (杨岚; born 12 April 1968), who served as a section member in Changsha Municipal Government before detaining by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).^[6]

References

^ 湖南衡阳原书记李亿龙被查被纪委带走时曾反抗. Sohu (in Chinese). 2016-04-08.
^ 湖南衡阳贿选案后李亿龙被任命市委书记现被查. 163.COM (in Chinese). 2016-04-08.
^ "Li Yilong, New Secretary of Municipal Party Committee". 2013-04-14.
^ 周农任衡阳市委书记 (in Chinese). 2016-04-01.
^ Yang Jieni (杨杰妮) (24 November 2016). 李亿龙、覃晓光被“双开”. xxcb.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c 除了“严书记夫人” 这位霸蛮书记的妻子也坑夫. ifeng (in Chinese). 2018-06-16.
^ 衡阳三任书记落马：“救火书记”李亿龙被指生活糜烂. qq.com (in Chinese). 2016-12-16.

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Government offices
Preceded by Hu Jin'an	Magistrate of Furong District 1998–2000	Succeeded by Shi Changsong
Preceded by Chen Zhiqiang (陈志强)	Mayor of Huaihua 2007–2008	Succeeded by Yi Pengfei (易鹏飞)
Party political offices
Preceded by Dong Xuesheng	Communist Party Secretary of Furong District 2000–2002	Succeeded by Zhang Yinglong
Preceded by Yuan Guanqing (袁观清)	Communist Party Secretary of Liuyang 2002–2006	Succeeded by Yi Jialiang (易佳良)
Preceded by Liu Lianyu (刘莲玉)	Communist Party Secretary of Huaihua 2008–2013	Succeeded by Zhang Ziyin (张自银)
Preceded by Zhang Wenxiong (张文雄)	Communist Party Secretary of Hengyang 2013–2016	Succeeded by Zhou Nong (周农)