Meng Jianzhu
| Meng Jianzhu | |
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| 孟建柱 | |
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| Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China | |
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Assumed office 21 November 2012 |
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| Deputy | Guo Shengkun |
| General Secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Zhou Yongkang |
| Minister of Public Security | |
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In office 29 October 2007 – 28 December 2012 |
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| Premier | Wen Jiabao |
| Preceded by | Zhou Yongkang |
| Succeeded by | Guo Shengkun |
| Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi | |
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In office April 2001 – October 2007 |
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| Deputy |
Huang Zhiquan (2001-2006) Wu Xinxiong (2006-) |
| Preceded by | Shu Huiguo |
| Succeeded by | Su Rong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1947 (age 69) Wu County, Jiangsu |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater | Shanghai Mechanical College |
Meng Jianzhu (Chinese: 孟建柱; pinyin: Mèng Jiànzhù; born July 1947) is a Chinese politician and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China since 2012. He is currently the Secretary of Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (Zhengfawei) of the Communist Party of China and the successor to Zhou Yongkang. He also heads 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 chief. Prior to his tenure as Zhengfawei chief, he also served as the Minister of Public Security and Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi Province.
Meng was born in July 1947 in Wu County, a present-day urban district of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. In the 1960s, he headed to Changxing Island in Shanghai to become a tractor operator. For the next 13 years he worked on the rural agricultural cooperative. He graduated from the Shanghai Mechanical College (now part of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology). He joined the Communist Party of China in 1971. He became head of the rural cooperative in 1981.
He spent much of his earlier political career in Shanghai. He served in leading roles in Chuansha County (which became Pudong New District in 1992) and Jiading County, before being transferred to become one of the deputy mayors of Shanghai starting in 1993. His portfolio included was agriculture and rural development. In 1996 he was promoted to become the deputy Communist Party secretary of Shanghai, one of the most powerful positions in China's commercial hub. He held the position until 2001. While in Shanghai Meng was low-key and camera-shy, but was largely popular with city residents.
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