Tā gāng bèi rènmìng wéi shěng jiàoyù tīng tīngzhǎng.
He was just appointed as the head of the provincial education department.
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厅 refers to a provincial-level government department (e.g. 教育厅, 财政厅). 厅长 is the director of such a department, equivalent to a senior civil servant rank in China's administrative hierarchy.