Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission

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Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
中国共产党中央政法委员会书记
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Incumbent
Chen Wenqing
since October 28, 2022
Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
TypeDepartment Head
Status Provincial and ministerial-level official
Seat Beijing
Nominator Central Committee
Appointer Central Committee
Inaugural holder Peng Zhen
Formation1958
DeputyDeputy 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).

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The current head of the CPLC is Chen Wenqing, who is a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.

History

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

Leaders of the Central Political and Law Group

NameStartEndRef.
Peng Zhen June 19581958 [7]
Luo Ruiqing 1958December 1960 [7]
Xie Fuzhi December 19601966 [7]
Ji Dengkui 1969January 1980 [7]
No.OfficeholderTerm of officeRef.
Took officeLeft office
1 Peng Zhen2.jpg Peng ZhenJanuary 1980May 1982 [7]
2 Chen Pixian (3to4 portrait).jpg Chen Pixian May 1982July 1985 [7]
3 Qiao Shi July 1985November 1992 [7]
4 Ren Jianxin November 1992March 1998 [7]
5 Luo Gan 27 March 199822 October 2007 [7]
6 Zhou Yongkang.jpg Zhou Yongkang 22 October 200720 November 2012 [7]
7 Meng Jianzhu in New Delhi on November 09, 2016 (cropped).jpg Meng Jianzhu 20 November 201231 October 2017 [7] [8]
8 Guo Shengkun 2015.jpg Guo Shengkun 31 October 201728 October 2022 [7] [9]
9 Chen Wenqing (2024).jpg Chen Wenqing 28 October 2022Incumbent [10]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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)
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. 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.
  6. "Nephew of China's former domestic security tsar jailed for graft". Reuters . 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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.
  8. "China leaders reassert control over security portfolio". BBC News . 2012-11-21. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
  9. "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.
  10. Chen, Stella (2022-10-24). "Key party appointments signal Xi Jinping's mission to maintain security". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 2022-10-24.