Chen Wenqing

Chen Wenqing (Chinese: 陈文清; pinyin: Chēn Wénqīng; born January 1960) is a Chinese politician, Minister of State Security of the People's Republic of China since November 2016.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Police Commissioner General

Chen Wenqing
陈文清
Minister of State Security
Assumed office
7 November 2016
Preceded byGeng Huichang
Personal details
BornJanuary 1960
Renshou County, Sichuan, China
NationalityChinese
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materSouthwest University of Political Science & Law
Sichuan University

Biography

A native of Renshou County, Sichuan, he studied Law and Political Science at Southwest University in Chongqing, and entered the Ministry of Public Security in 1984, where he worked for ten years; in 1994 he was assigned to the Ministry of State Security, becoming Deputy Director at the Sichuan provincial State Security Department.[2]

In 1998 Chen took over leadership of the Department. He held this position until 2002, when he was appointed Chief Prosecutor at the Sichuan provincial People's Procuratorate. In 2006, Chen moved over to Fujian, where he served until 2012 as Deputy Party Secretary and concurrently head of the provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.[2] Following the 18th Communist Party Congress at which Xi Jinping came to power, Chen came to Beijing to become one of the deputy secretaries of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).

He was appointed Minister of State Security in November 2016.[3]


References
  1. "全国人大任命陈文清为国家安全部部长". Xinhua. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  2. Chen Wenqing: China’s New Man for State Security, Peter Mattis, The National Interest, October 23, 2015
  3. "全国人大任命陈文清为国家安全部部长". Xinhua. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
Government offices
Preceded by
Geng Huichang		 Minister of State Security
2016–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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