Wu Yongwen

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| office1 = Vice Chairman of the Hubei Provincial People’s Congress

| term_start1 = September 2012

| term_end1 = January 2013

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| office2 = Secretary of CPC Hubei Provincial Committee for Political and Legal Affairs

| term_start2 = September 2007

| term_end2 = July 2012

| predecessor2 = Zheng Shaosan

| successor2 = Zhang Chang'er

| office3 = Communist Party Secretary of Ezhou

| term_start3 = March 2006

| term_end3 = September 2007

| predecessor3 = Xu Songnan

| successor3 = Li Debing

| name = Wu Yongwen
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1952|6}}

| birth_place = Jingmen, Hubei

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| party = Chinese Communist Party

| occupation = Politician

| nationality = Chinese

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| alma_mater = Central China Normal University

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| s = 吴永文

| t = 吳永文

| p = Wú Yǒngwén

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Wu Yongwen (born June 1952) is a Chinese politician who spent most of his career in Hubei province. As of January 2013 he was under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Previously he served as the Vice Chairman of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress.{{cite news|url=http://english.sina.com/china/p/2013/0117/550431.html |title=Hubei official under probe over illegal trade and corrupt life-style |newspaper=Sina |date=2013-01-18 }}{{cite news|url=http://ethicalalliance.org/daily-news/china-senior-hubei-official-placed-under-investigation/ |title=China: Senior Hubei official placed under investigation |newspaper=ethicalalliance.org |date=January 21, 2013}}

Chinese media reported that he had close relations with Zhou Yongkang, former Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.

Life and career

Wu was born and raised in Jingmen, Hubei. He began his political career in August 1968, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 1975. He spent five years teaching at schools before serving in various administrative and political roles in Jingmen. In December 1997, he was appointed the vice-mayor of Jingmen, and then CCP Deputy Committee Secretary, beginning in June 2000.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

From March 2006 to September 2007, he served as the CCP Committee Secretary of Ezhou, the top political position in the city.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

In September 2007, he was appointed the Secretary of CCP Hubei Provincial Committee for Political and Legal Affairs; he remained in that position until July 2012, when he was appointed the deputy director of the Standing Committee of Hubei Provincial People's Congress.{{cite web|access-date=2012-05-01|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqcj/zxqxb/2012-01-18/content_4979207_2.html|title=李春明、吴永文、范兴元当选湖北省人大常委会副主任|publisher=Chinadaily |language= zh}}

On January 20, 2013, he was being investigated by the Party's internal disciplinary body; he was suspected to have been involved in trading political favors for money and for keeping mistresses.{{cite news|url=http://news.takungpao.com/mainland/focus/2013-01/1397738.html |title=港媒：吴永文被曝包养一对表姐妹二人争风吃醋 |newspaper=Takungpao |date=2013-01-20 |language=zh }}