Minister of Civil Affairs

Minister of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国民政部部长
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Incumbent Lu Zhiyuan since 29 December 2023
Ministry of Civil Affairs
Status	Provincial-Ministerial level official
Member of	State Council
Seat	Ministry of Civil Affairs, Xicheng District, Beijing
Nominator	Premier (chosen within the Chinese Communist Party)
Appointer	President with the confirmation of the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee
Formation	19 October 1949; 74 years ago (1949-10-19)
First holder	Xie Juezai
Deputy	Vice Minister of Civil Affairs
Website	www.mca.gov.cn/n158/n159/n296/index.html

The Minister of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China is the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is tenth in order of precedence. The minister is responsible for leading the ministry, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the ministry. Officially, the minister is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.^[1]

The current minister is Lu Zhiyuan, who concurrently serves as the Communist Party Secretary of the Ministry.