Guo Shengkun

Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs CommissionIn office
31 October 2017 – 28 October 2022General SecretaryXi JinpingPreceded byMeng JianzhuSucceeded byChen WenqingState Councilor of the People's Republic of ChinaIn office
16 March 2013 – 19 March 2018PremierLi KeqiangMinister of Public SecurityIn office
28 December 2012 – 4 November 2017PremierWen Jiabao
Li KeqiangDeputyFu Zhenghua, othersPreceded byMeng JianzhuSucceeded byZhao KezhiCommunist Party Secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous RegionIn office
November 2007 – December 2012Preceded byLiu QibaoSucceeded byPeng Qinghua Personal detailsBorn (1954-10-16) 16 October 1954 (age 69)
Xingguo County, JiangxiPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyAlma materJiangxi University of Science and Technology
University of Science and Technology Beijing

Guo Shengkun (Chinese: 郭声琨; born 16 October 1954) is a retired Chinese politician and business executive. He was the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, a member of the CCP Politburo, and a secretary of the CCP Secretariat, between 2017 and 2022. Previously Guo served as Minister of Public Security, State Councilor, Communist Party secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and General Manager of Aluminum Corporation of China, a major state-owned enterprise.^[1][2]

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.^[1][2]

Career

Metal industry

Guo Shengkun entered the workforce in 1973 during the Cultural Revolution as a sent-down youth in rural Jiangxi province, and joined the CCP in December 1974. From 1977 to 1979 he studied mining at the Jiangxi Institute of Metallurgy (now Jiangxi University of Science and Technology).^[1][2]

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 General Manager of the company.^[1][2][3] He also oversaw the dual listings of Chinalco's subsidiary, Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco), on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges.^[3]

Politics

Guangxi

After more than two decades in the metal industry, in 2004 Guo was transferred to the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, becoming the deputy party chief and deputy chairman of the provincial-level region which is rich non-ferrous metal reserves.^[3] In November 2007 he succeeded Liu Qibao, who was transferred to Sichuan province, as the Communist Party Chief of Guangxi. He held the position until December 2012, when he was succeeded by Peng Qinghua.^[1][2][3]

Minister of Public Security

In December 2012 Guo was transferred to the national government to succeed Meng Jianzhu as the Minister of Public Security,^[1][2] China's top policeman.^[3] Some political analysts questioned his suitability for the post as he had minimal legal experience.^[3] On 16 March 2013 Guo was appointed one of the five State Councilors in China.^[4]

Guo Shengkun was an alternate member of the 16th and the 17th Central Committees, and a full member of the 18th Central Committee. He is a member of the 19th Politburo of the CCP.^[1][2]

Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission

In October 2017, Guo was appointed as the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CCP.^[5]

References

Government offices
Preceded by Meng Jianzhu	Minister of Public Security December 2012 – November 2017	Succeeded by Zhao Kezhi
Party political offices
Preceded by Meng Jianzhu	Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission 2017–2022	Incumbent
Preceded by Liu Qibao	Communist Party Secretary of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 2007–2012	Succeeded by Peng Qinghua