1. Meng Jianzhu is a retired Chinese politician best known for his term as the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party between 2012 and 2017.
17 Facts About Meng Jianzhu
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Meng Jianzhu headed the Central Public Security Comprehensive Management Commission.
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Meng Jianzhu was born in July 1947 in Wu County, a present-day urban district of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.
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Meng Jianzhu graduated from the Shanghai Mechanical College.
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Meng Jianzhu became head of the rural cooperative in 1981.
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Meng Jianzhu spent much of his earlier political career in Shanghai.
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Meng Jianzhu served in leading roles in Chuansha County and Jiading County, before being transferred to become one of the deputy mayors of Shanghai starting in 1993.
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In 2001, Meng Jianzhu was appointed the Party secretary of Jiangxi Province.
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Some say Meng Jianzhu was transferred out of Shanghai because he had lost out on a struggle to Chen Liangyu become the city's party secretary.
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Meng Jianzhu was known for paying regular respects for retired municipal politicians.
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Meng Jianzhu responded to this by postponing the entire conference until all the required attendees arrived as a means to reprimand those who failed to show.
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Meng Jianzhu remained party secretary of Jiangxi until October 28,2007, when he was transferred to Beijing and appointed the Minister of the Public Security, replacing political heavyweight Zhou Yongkang, who was elevated to become a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Meng Jianzhu became a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2012, following the 18th Party Congress.
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Meng Jianzhu succeeded Zhou as Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.
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In January 2013, Meng Jianzhu announced that his commission would begin work on abolishing the "re-education through labour" system, which has been widely criticized internationally.
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Meng Jianzhu criticized the interference of local party authorities, specifically the Political and Legal Affairs Commissions at the local or provincial government level for the practice of interference in individual court cases, compromising the integrity of judicial independence.
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Meng Jianzhu retired from Politburo and Political and Legal Affairs Commission after the 19th Party Congress in October 2017, which Guo Shengkun succeed Meng Jianzhu's position as Secretary of Political and Legal Affairs Commission.