Sun Zhengcai

Sun Zhengcai
孙政才
Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing
In office November 2012 – July 2017
Deputy	Huang Qifan→Zhang Guoqing (mayor) Zhang Guoqing→Tang Liangzhi (zhuanzhi)
Preceded by	Zhang Dejiang
Succeeded by	Chen Min'er
Communist Party Secretary of Jilin Province
In office November 2009 – November 2012
Preceded by	Wang Min
Succeeded by	Wang Rulin
Minister of Agriculture of China
In office December 2006 – December 2009
Premier	Wen Jiabao
Preceded by	Du Qinglin
Succeeded by	Han Changfu
Personal details
Born	(1963-09-25) September 25, 1963 (age 60) Rongcheng, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (expelled)
Alma mater	Qingdao Agricultural University China Agricultural University

Sun Zhengcai (Chinese: 孙政才; born September 25, 1963) is a former Chinese politician and senior regional official. From 2012 to 2017, Sun served as the Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing, an interior municipality, and a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. Prior to that, he served as the Party Secretary of Jilin province, and Minister of Agriculture of China.

Sun was abruptly removed from office in July 2017 and put under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). The CCDI accused him of political and criminal wrongdoing, and he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party. He was convicted of bribery and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2018.

Sun was the youngest member of the 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, and the fourth sitting Politburo member to be expelled from the party since 1990. Prior to his fall from grace, Sun was once considered to be a leading candidate for a top leadership position in the "6th Generation of Chinese leadership".