Lu Hao is a Chinese

People's Republic of China

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 politician

Politician

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 who has been the Secretary of the Communist Party of China

Communist Party of China

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 Gansu Committee since 2007. He previously held the post of Governor of Gansu from 2001 to 2007.

Biography

He was first appointed to be the Communist Party Secretary of Gansu

Gansu

' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...

 in April 2007. He was re-elected to this post at the 11th Gansu Provincial People's Congress on January 26, 2008.