Meng Jianzhu

Meng Jianzhu 孟建柱
Minister of Public Security
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 October 2007
Premier	Wen Jiabao
Preceded by	Zhou Yongkang
Personal details
Born	July 1947 (age 64) Suzhou, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Shanghai University of Engineering Sciences

Meng Jianzhu (Chinese: 孟建柱; pinyin: Mèng Jiànzhù; born July 1947) is the Minister of the Public Security of the People's Republic of China.

Life and career

Meng was born in July 1947, a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.

Meng was one of the deputy mayors of Shanghai from 1993 to 1996. In 1996 he was promoted to become the deputy Communist Party secretary of Shanghai, a position he held until 2001.

In 2001, Meng was appointed the Communist Party secretary of Jiangxi Province. He remained in that position until October 28, 2007, when he was transferred to Beijing and appointed the Minister of the Public Security, replacing Zhou Yongkang, who was elevated to become a member of the Politburo Standing Committee.

External links

• (Chinese) Meng Jianzhu's profile, Xinhuanet, October 29, 2007.

Party political offices
Preceded by Shu Huiguo	Communist Party of China Jiangxi Committee Secretary 2001–2007	Succeeded by Su Rong
	Chairman of the Jiangxi People's Congress Standing Committee 2001–2008
Political offices
Preceded by Zhou Yongkang	Minister of Public Security 2007–present	Incumbent