Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
| Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
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| 中国共产党中央政法委员会书记 | |
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| Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission | |
| Type | Department Head |
| Status | Provincial and ministerial-level official |
| Seat | Beijing |
| Nominator | Central Committee |
| Appointer | Central Committee |
| Inaugural holder | Peng Zhen |
| Formation | 1958 |
| Deputy | Deputy Secretary |
The secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the leader of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLC), a department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The current head of the CPLC is Chen Wenqing, who is a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.
History
[edit]In 2013 and 2014, the Politburo of the CCP Central Committee held meetings to hear the findings of an investigation against Zhou Yongkang and, in June 2015, Zhou was found guilty of accepting bribes, abuse of power, intentionally leaking state secrets for which his private possessions were confiscated and he was sentenced to life in prison. Zhou is among the most senior and powerful Chinese leaders to be jailed in CCP general secretary Xi Jinping's crackdown.[1][2][3][4][5] Zhou's wife and son were jailed for graft charges and his nephew, Zhou Feng, was fined 59 million yuan (approximately $9 million USD).[6]
List of secretaries
[edit]Leaders of the Central Political and Law Group
[edit]| Name | Start | End | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peng Zhen | June 1958 | 1958 | [7] |
| Luo Ruiqing | 1958 | December 1960 | [7] |
| Xie Fuzhi | December 1960 | 1966 | [7] |
| Ji Dengkui | 1969 | January 1980 | [7] |
Secretaries of the Central Politics and Legal Affairs Commission
[edit]| No. | Officeholder | Term of office | Ref. | ||
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| Took office | Left office | ||||
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Peng Zhen | January 1980 | May 1982 | [7] |
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Chen Pixian | May 1982 | July 1985 | [7] |
| 3 | Qiao Shi | July 1985 | November 1992 | [7] | |
| 4 | Ren Jianxin | November 1992 | March 1998 | [7] | |
| 5 | Luo Gan | 27 March 1998 | 22 October 2007 | [7] | |
| 6 | 
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Zhou Yongkang | 22 October 2007 | 20 November 2012 | [7] |
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Meng Jianzhu | 20 November 2012 | 31 October 2017 | [7][8] |
| 8 | 
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Guo Shengkun | 31 October 2017 | 28 October 2022 | [7][9] |
| 9 |
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Chen Wenqing | 28 October 2022 | Incumbent | [10] |
References
[edit]- ^ Areddy, James T. (2015-06-11). "China's Former Security Chief Zhou Yongkang Sentenced to Life in Prison". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ Hanna, Steven Jiang,Jason (2015-06-11). "China's ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang sentenced to life for bribery". CNN. Archived from the original on 2022-07-23. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Key allies of disgraced China security chief jailed for graft". Reuters. 2015-10-12. Archived from the original on 2022-07-23. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ "China's former security chief given life sentence for corruption". The Guardian. 2015-06-11. Archived from the original on 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ Forsythe, Michael (2015-06-11). "Zhou Yongkang, Ex-Security Chief in China, Gets Life Sentence for Graft". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ "Nephew of China's former domestic security tsar jailed for graft". Reuters. 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Faligot, Roger (June 2019). Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping. Oxford University Press. pp. 117–118. ISBN 978-1-78738-096-7. OCLC 1104999295. Archived from the original on 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "China leaders reassert control over security portfolio". BBC News. 2012-11-21. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "中央政法委书记郭声琨：以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导 奋力开创新时代政法事业新局面". Xinhua. 2017-10-31. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
- ^ Chen, Stella (2022-10-24). "Key party appointments signal Xi Jinping's mission to maintain security". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-10-24.