Zhou Yongkang
| Zhou Yongkang | |
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| 周永康 | |
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| Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China | |
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In office October 22, 2007 – November 21, 2012 |
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| Deputy |
Wang Lequan Meng Jianzhu |
| General secretary | Hu Jintao |
| Preceded by | Luo Gan |
| Succeeded by | Meng Jianzhu |
| Minister of Public Security of China | |
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In office December 2002 – October 2007 |
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| Premier | Wen Jiabao |
| Preceded by | Jia Chunwang |
| Succeeded by | Meng Jianzhu |
| Communist Party Secretary of Sichuan Province | |
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In office January 2001 – December 2002 |
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| Deputy | Zhang Zhongwei (governor) |
| Preceded by | Xie Shijie |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Xuezhong |
| Minister of Land and Resources of China | |
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In office March 1998 – December 1999 |
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| Premier | Zhu Rongji |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Tian Fengshan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Zhou Yuangen (周元根) December 1942 (age 74) Wuxi, Jiangsu, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China (1964–2014, expelled) |
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| Alma mater |
Suzhou High School Beijing Petroleum Institute |
| Occupation | Oil exploration |
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| Chinese | 周永康 | ||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōu Yǒngkāng |
| IPA | Mandarin pronunciation: [tʂoʊ˥ jʊŋ˧˩kaŋ˥] |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Tzoe Yon-khân |
Zhou Yongkang (born December 1942) is a retired senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC). He was a member of the 17th Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), China's highest decision-making body, and the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (Zhengfawei) between 2007 and 2012. In that position, Zhou oversaw China's security apparatus and law enforcement institutions, with power stretching into courts, prosecution agencies, police forces, paramilitary forces, and intelligence organs.
Zhou rose through the ranks of the Communist Party through his involvement in the oil and gas industry, starting as a technician on the Daqing oil field during the Cultural Revolution. He was at the helm of the China National Petroleum Corporation between 1996 and 1998, then became Minister of Land and Natural Resources until 1999, and subsequently Party Secretary of Sichuan, then China's second most populous province. Zhou was a State Councilor of the State Council from 2003 to 2008 and also a member of the Party Secretariat of the Central Committee. He served as the Minister of Public Security from 2002–07, before being promoted to the PSC. Zhou retired at the 18th Party Congress in 2012.
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