Meng Jianzhu

Meng Jianzhu
孟建柱
Meng Jianzhu in New Delhi on November 9, 2016
Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
In office
20 November 2012 – 31 October 2017
DeputyGuo Shengkun
General SecretaryXi Jinping
Preceded byZhou Yongkang
Succeeded byGuo Shengkun
Minister of Public Security
In office
29 October 2007 – 28 December 2012
PremierWen Jiabao
Preceded byZhou Yongkang
Succeeded byGuo Shengkun
Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi
In office
April 2001 – October 2007
DeputyHuang Zhiquan (2001–2006)
Wu Xinxiong (2006–)
Preceded byShu Huiguo
Succeeded bySu Rong
Personal details
BornJuly 1947 (age 77)
Wu County, Jiangsu
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materShanghai Mechanical College

Meng Jianzhu (Chinese: 孟建柱; pinyin: Mèng Jiànzhù; born July 1947) is a retired Chinese politician best known for his term as the Secretary of Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party between 2012 and 2017.[1] He also headed the Central Public Security Comprehensive Management Commission.

Meng began his career in a farming cooperative based in rural Shanghai. He made his way up the ranks in the city, serving as vice mayor in charge of agriculture, then deputy party secretary. Prior to his tenure as Zhengfawei secretary, he also served as the Minister of Public Security and Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi Province.

  1. ^ "Meng Jianzhu appointed head of CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission". Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2012-11-20.