Guo Shengkun | |
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郭声琨 | |
Minister of Public Security | |
Assumed office December 2012 |
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Premier |
Wen Jiabao Li Keqiang |
Deputy | Li Dongsheng; Yang Huanning |
Preceded by | Meng Jianzhu |
Communist Party Chief of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region | |
In office November 2007 – December 2012 |
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Preceded by | Liu Qibao |
Succeeded by | Peng Qinghua |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1954 (age 62) |
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Alma mater |
Jiangxi University of Science and Technology University of Science and Technology Beijing |
Guo Shengkun (Chinese: ; born October 1954) is a Chinese politician and business executive. He is the current Minister of Public Security of the People's Republic of China, and one of the five State Councilors. Previously Guo served as the Communist Party Chief of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and CEO of Aluminum Corporation of China, a major state-owned enterprise.
Guo is a native of Xingguo County, Jiangxi province. He has a doctoral degree in Business Administration from the University of Science and Technology Beijing.
Guo Shengkun entered the workforce in 1973 during the Cultural Revolution as a sent-down youth in rural Jiangxi province, and joined the Communist Party of China in December 1974. From 1977 to 1979 he studied mining at the Jiangxi Institute of Metallurgy (now Jiangxi University of Science and Technology).
Starting in 1979 Guo worked in the non-ferrous metal industry in Jiangxi, rising through the ranks of China Non-Ferrous Metal Mining Corporation. In 2000 he led the creation of the state-owned enterprise Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) and became the Chairman and CEO of the company. He also oversaw the dual listings of Chinalco's subsidiary, Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco), on the and stock exchanges.