Du Shanxue

Du Shanxue (; born February 1956) is a former Chinese politician from Shanxi province. He successively served as the mayor and Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Changzhi, Party Secretary of Lüliang, and Secretary General of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, and the province's Vice-Governor.

Du was removed from office and investigated for corruption in June 2014 along with several of his colleagues, in a precursor to what amounted to a collapse of the political establishment in Shanxi in the face of the party's anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping.

Life Du was born and raised in Lingyi County, Shanxi, where he graduated from Shanxi University of Finance and Economics in 1982, after the resumption of university entrance examination, and received his master of philosophy degree from Shanxi University in 2000.

Du became involved in politics in June 1976 and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in March 1975.

On February 13, 2015, Du was expelled from the CCP. His alleged crimes have also been transferred to prosecutors for further review.

On August 30, 2016, he stood trial for taking bribes, offering bribes and huge amount of property with unknown sources at the Intermediate People's Court of Xuzhou in east China's Jiangsu province. Du was sentenced to life sentence on December 20, 2016.

Personal life Du married Hao Suzhen , who was deputy party branch secretary and deputy director of Shanxi Provincial Audit Department, and was expelled from the CCP and dismissed from public office in August 2015 for taking bribes.