Liu Kun (; born December 1956) is a Chinese politician who served as the

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from 2018 to 2023. Previously he served as director of Budgetary Affairs Commission of the

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, vice minister of Finance, and vice governor of Guangdong.

Early life and education

Liu was born in Raoping County,

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

in December 1956. In June 1973, during the

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, he was forced to work in a factory in Yunxiao County,

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

instead of going to university. He entered

Xiamen University Xiamen University (XMU; ) is a public university in Siming, Xiamen, Siming, Xiamen, Fujian, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Pro ...

in February 1978, majoring in finance and monetary economics at the School of Economics, where he graduated in February 1982.

Career

Beginning in 1982, he served in various posts in the Office of the Guangdong Provincial Government, where he served as deputy director until December 2001. He joined the

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in July 1984. In December 2001 he was promoted to become deputy secretary-general of Guangdong Provincial Government, a department-level position he held until October 2002. He was director of Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance in October 2002, and held that office until July 2010. In July 2010 he was promoted again to become vice-governor of Guangdong, he remained in that position until May 2013, when he was transferred to

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and appointed vice minister of Finance. He became director of Budgetary Affairs Commission of the

in December 2016, and served until March 2018. On March 19, 2018, he was elected

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at the first session of the

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. Liu was a member of the 19th

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. He was a delegate to the 10th and 11th, 12th and 13th National People's Congresses. On 28 September 2023, he was succeeded by Lan Fo'an as the Communist Party secretary of the Ministry of Finance. On 24 October, he was succeeded by Lan as the minister of Finance.

References

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