Office1: | Minister of Land and Resources | ||||||
Term Start1: | March 2000 | ||||||
Term End1: | October 2003 | ||||||
Premier1: | Zhu Rongji | ||||||
Predecessor1: | Zhou Yongkang | ||||||
Successor1: | Sun Wensheng | ||||||
Office2: | Governor of Heilongjiang | ||||||
Term Start2: | February 1995 | ||||||
Term End2: | December 1999 | ||||||
1Blankname2: | Party Secretary | ||||||
1Namedata2: | Yue Qifeng Xu Youfang | ||||||
Predecessor2: | Shao Qihui | ||||||
Successor2: | Song Fatang | ||||||
Office3: | Communist Party Secretary of Harbin | ||||||
Term Start3: | August 1991 | ||||||
Term End3: | November 1994 | ||||||
Deputy3: | Li Jiating | ||||||
Predecessor3: | Li Genshen | ||||||
Tian Fengshan | |||||||
Native Name: | 田凤山 | ||||||
Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
Birth Date: | 8 December 1941 | ||||||
Birth Place: | Zhaoyuan County, Heilongjiang, China | ||||||
Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Alma Mater: | PLA Rocket Force University of Engineering | ||||||
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Tian Fengshan (born 8 December 1940), is a former Chinese politician who was convicted of corruption and sentenced to life in prison.
Tian was born in Zhaoyuan County, Heilongjiang, on 8 December 1940, while his ancestral home in Penglai, Yantai, Shandong.[1] He is the elder of three children. His second younger brother Tian Fengchun once served as party secretary of Zhaoyuan County and vice mayor of Daqing.[1] His third younger brother worked in the Zhaoyuan County Traffic Police Brigade and now lives in downtown Zhaoyuan County after retirement.[1] Tian attended .[1] In 1961, Tian was accepted to the PLA Second Artillery Technical College (now PLA Rocket Force University of Engineering), but dropped out of college for health reasons during his sophomore year.[1]
After returning hometown, Tian was arranged to work as a substitute teacher at Yishun Township Central Primary School .[1] Two years later, he was transferred to the neighboring Chengjiao People's Commune and appointed party secretary.[1] In December 1977, he rose to become deputy magistrate, deputy party secretary of Zhaoyuan County, and a member of the CCP Zhaoyuan County Committee, the county's top authority.[1]
His positions include: Heilongjiang governor (February 1995), Minister of Land and Resources (March 2000).
Tian was removed from this position in October 2003. In September 2004, the 4th plenary session of the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party decided to deprive Tian of the membership of Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and expel him from the party. On December 27, 2005, charged with bribery, Tian was given a life sentence by the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court, with life-time political privileges being removed and all his personal belongings confiscated.
Tian was an alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and a full member of the 15th and 16th Central Committees.[2]