Bo Xilai, the maverick Chinese politician, who until recently was a frontrunner for promotion to the highest decision-making body of the ruling Communist party, has been removed from his position as party secretary of Chongqing municipality.
Mr Bo will be replaced by Zhang Dejiang, a North Korean-trained economist and vice-premier, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
The decision to remove Mr Bo was announced internally to senior officials on Wednesday night, immediately after the close of the annual 10-day session of China’s rubber stamp parliament, people familiar with the matter said.
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