Liu Jinguo (; born April 1955) is a Chinese politician and public security official who is the current director of the National Supervisory Commission and a secretary of the

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. Since 2014 he has served as

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. Previously he held various senior posts at the Ministry of Public Security.

Biography

Liu was born in

Changli County Changli () is a county of northeastern Hebei province, China, with some Bohai Sea coast. It is under the administration of the Qinhuangdao City, and borders Funing County, Hebei, Funing County and Luan County. Both Beijing–Harbin Railway and Chi ...

Hebei Province Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...

in April 1955, to an ordinary family of farmers. He was the second of six children. After graduating high school, he returned to his hometown to farm. Liu joined the

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in 1975 and he became involved in politics in December 1976, when he became village party chief. In September 1983, he was admitted to the provincial party school on recommendation. Thereafter he progressively made his way up the ranks. He became deputy party chief and district governor of

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, then secretary-general of the Qinhuangdao Party Committee. In May 1992, Liu served as Director of Qinhuangdao Public Security Bureau, he was a member of the Standing Committee in Qinhuangdao Municipal Standing Committee and served as the Vice Mayor of Qinhuangdao in November 1994. In 1995, Liu was transferred to the Deputy Head of Hebei Public Security Department. In January 2002, he was promoted to become the Secretary of the Hebei Provincial Politics and Law Commission, a position he held until 2005. From March 2005 to January 2014, Liu was elevated to the Deputy Minister of Public Security. Due to his achievements during the

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, Liu was given honours by the State Council and was featured on state television as "one of the people who touched China in 2011." Liu obtained a graduate degree from the

Central Party School The Central Party School is a higher education institution that trains Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cadres. It is located in Haidian, Beijing, close to Summer Palace and Old Summer Palace. The current president is Chen Xi, a former member o ...

, where he majored in economic administration. After Li Dongsheng was sacked due to corruption, Liu took on many of Li's portfolios, including his post as head of the office dealing with cults (better known as the

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). He was thus elevated to minister-level. He left his post as the head of discipline at the Ministry of Public Security in March 2015, and his post at the cult office on May 26, 2015. It is not clear who succeeded him at the cult office.

Award

* 3 February 2012, "Moving China"

References

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