| Office1: | Vice-Chairman of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress | ||||
| Term Start1: | January 2010 | ||||
| Term End1: | December 2013 | ||||
| 1Blankname1: | Chairman | ||||
| 1Namedata1: | Qiang Wei | ||||
| Office2: | Vice-Chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | ||||
| Term Start2: | January 2008 | ||||
| Term End2: | January 2010 | ||||
| 1Blankname2: | Chairman | ||||
| Office3: | Communist Party Secretary of Jiujiang | ||||
| Term Start3: | November 2006 | ||||
| Term End3: | January 2008 | ||||
| Predecessor3: | Zhao Zhiyong | ||||
| Successor3: | Zhong Ligui | ||||
| Office4: | Communist Party Secretary of Pingxiang | ||||
| Term Start4: | June 2001 | ||||
| Term End4: | November 2006 | ||||
| Predecessor4: | Liu Nanfang | ||||
| Successor4: | Xie Yisen | ||||
| Office5: | Mayor of Jingdezhen | ||||
| Term Start5: | August 1999 | ||||
| Term End5: | June 2001 | ||||
| Predecessor5: | Liu Aicai | ||||
| Successor5: | Xu Aimin | ||||
| Office6: | Mayor of Hengyang | ||||
| Term Start6: | November 1996 | ||||
| Term End6: | August 1999 | ||||
| Predecessor6: | He Tongxin | ||||
| Successor6: | Xu Minghua | ||||
| Chen Anzhong | |||||
| Native Name: | 陈安众 | ||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||
| Birth Place: | Ningyuan County, Hunan, China | ||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party (1976–2014, expelled) | ||||
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Chen Anzhong (; born January 1954) is a former Chinese politician who served in a variety of positions in Jiangxi province. In 2015, he was sentenced to twelve years in prison for corruption.[1]
Chen was born in Ningyuan County, Hunan in January 1954. During the Down to the Countryside Movement, Chen worked as a sent-down youth at Junshan Farm, in Yueyang, Hunan. Chen began working in March 1972 and he joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1976.
After the resumption of the University Entrance Examination in 1977, Chen entered Hunan Normal College in March 1978, majoring in political science, after graduating in January 1982 he was accepted to Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party and graduated in December 1984, majoring in scientific socialism. After graduation, he taught there as an instructor.
From September 1985 to June 1993, Chen worked in Changsha as an officer.
In June 1993 he was promoted to become the deputy Party secretary of Hengyang, a position he held until August 1999. From November 1996 to August 1999, he was elected as the mayor of Hengyang; he ascended to a prefecture-level position at age 42.
Chen served as the deputy Party secretary of Jingdezhen and mayor of Jingdezhen between August 1999 to June 2001.
In June 2001, Chen was promoted to become the Party secretary of Pingxiang, he remained in that position until November 2006, when he was transferred to Jiujiang and appointed the Party secretary of Jiujiang.
In January 2008, Chen was elevated to the vice-chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a position he held until January 2010.
In January 2010, Chen was appointed as vice-chairman of Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress.[2]
On December 8, 2013, Chen was dismissed, arrested and investigated for corruption by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.[3] [4] Chen was sentenced 12 years in prison on June 19, 2015, upon being convicted on charges of bribery; it was said he took 8.1 million yuan (~$1.27 million) in bribes.[5]