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Guo Yongxiang
Chinese politician
Guo Yongxiang (Chinese: 郭永祥; pinyin: Guō Yǒngxiáng; born February 1949) is a former Chinese politician. He worked for the China National Petroleum Corporation before joining the Ministry of Land and Resources. He was subsequently transferred to work in Sichuan province, and successively served as the Vice Governor and Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Congress. He was investigated for corruption, dismissed from office, expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Guo was a close associate of disgraced former security tsar Zhou Yongkang.