Yun Bulong

Yun Bulong (; December 1937 – 12 June 2000) was a Chinese politician of Tumed Mongol ethnicity. He served as Chairman (Governor) of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region from 1998 until his accidental death in June 2000, when his car was hit by a train at a railway crossing.

Life and career Yun Bulong was born in December 1937 in Tumed Left Banner, Inner Mongolia. As a member of the Tumed tribe, he was considered a "western" Mongol.

In September 1957, he entered the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Taiyuan Institute of Technology (now Taiyuan University of Technology), and graduated in 1962. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1958. Deng Nan, the daughter of Deng Xiaoping, was visiting Xilingol with funds allocated for combating desertification, and Yun planned to meet her. On his way, his car was hit by a train at 7:50 pm at an unguarded railway crossing in Sengedrai, Zhenglan (Xulun Hoh) Banner. Yun was killed, together with his secretary and bodyguard, and his driver was badly injured. Yun's body was cremated a few days later, and more than 1,000 people attended his funeral.

Yun Bulong's untimely death caught the Chinese national leaders unprepared, as he had only served half of his five-year term. Premier Zhu Rongji was reportedly angered and alarmed by the poor protection afforded to such a high-ranking leader. It took two months before Yun's successor was chosen. In August 2000, Uyunqimg, a Khorchin Mongol from Liaoning province (just east of the Inner Mongolia border) who was one of the vice regional chairs, was appointed Chairwoman of Inner Mongolia.