Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China | |
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中华人民共和国最高人民检察院检察长 | |
Supreme People's Court | |
Status | Sub-national leader level official |
Member of | Supreme People's Court |
Reports to | National People's Congress and its Standing Committee |
Seat | Beijing |
Nominator | Presidium of the National People's Congress |
Appointer | National People's Congress |
Term length | Five years, renewable once consecutively |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of the People's Republic of China |
Formation | 1 October 1949 |
First holder | Luo Ronghuan |
Deputy | Deputy Procurator-General |
The procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate is the head of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and is the highest-ranking prosecutor in China.
Under the current constitution, the procurator-general is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the National People's Congress (NPC), the legislature. The incumbent procurator-general is Ying Yong, who took office on 11 March 2023.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate of the Central People's Government was established on 1 October 1949. Luo Ronghuan served as the first procurator-general by the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. [1]
On 27 September 1954, the SPP of the Central People's Government was replaced with the SPP of the People's Republic of China.[ citation needed ]
According to the Organic Law of the National People's Congress (NPC), constitutionally China's highest organ of state power, the procurator-general is nominated by the NPC Presidium, the Congress's executive organ. [2] However, the nomination is effectively made by the Chinese Communist Party, with the decisions being made among Party leaders. [3] Although the Presidium could theoretically nominate multiple candidates for the procurator-general, leading the election to be competitive, it has always nominated a single candidate for the office. [3]
After the nomination, the procurator-general is elected by the NPC, which also has the power to remove the procurator-general and other state officers from office. Elections and removals are decided by majority vote. [4] The length of the procurator-general's term of office is the same as the NPC, which is 5 years, and the procurator-general is restricted to two consecutive terms. [4] Since 2018, the procurator-general is required to recite the constitutional oath of office before assuming office. [3]
No. | Chairperson | NPC term | Took office | Left office | Political Party | |
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1 | Luo Ronghuan 罗荣桓 | N/A | October 1, 1949 | September 27, 1954 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) | |
2 | Zhang Dingcheng 张鼎丞 | 1st | September 27, 1954 | April 27, 1959 | ||
2nd | April 27, 1959 | January 3, 1965 | ||||
3rd | January 3, 1965 | January 17, 1975 | ||||
From 17 January 1975 to 5 March 1978, the post of Procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate was abolished. | ||||||
3 | Huang Huoqing 黄火青 | 5th | March 5, 1978 | June 20, 1983 | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) | |
4 | Yang Yichen 杨易辰 | 6th | June 20, 1983 | April 9, 1988 | ||
5 | Liu Fuzhi 刘复之 | 7th | April 9, 1988 | March 28, 1993 | ||
6 | Zhang Siqing 张思卿 | 8th | March 28, 1993 | March 17, 1998 | ||
7 | Han Zhubin 韩杼滨 | 9th | March 17, 1998 | March 16, 2003 | ||
8 | Jia Chunwang 贾春旺 | 10th | March 16, 2003 | March 16, 2008 | ||
9 | Cao Jianming 曹建明 | 11th | March 16, 2008 | March 15, 2013 | ||
12th | March 15, 2013 | March 18, 2018 | ||||
10 | Zhang Jun 张军 | 13th | March 18, 2018 | March 11, 2023 | ||
11 | Ying Yong 应勇 | 14th | March 11, 2023 | Incumbent |
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