1. Zhao Kezhi is a Chinese retired politician who served as a State Councilor of the People's Republic of China and as the Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, with the top police officer rank of Police Commissioner General.
Zhao Kezhi is the former Party Secretary of Hebei and the Party Secretary of Guizhou, and the former Governor of Guizhou.
Zhao Kezhi had previously served as a vice governor of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces.
Zhao Kezhi entered the workforce in March 1973 as a middle school teacher in Laixi, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1975.
In 2006, Zhao was transferred to the neighbouring Jiangsu province, where he was the executive vice governor until August 2010, when he was transferred again to southwestern Guizhou province, where he was appointed deputy party secretary and acting governor.
In July 2012 Zhao Kezhi was promoted to concurrently serve as the Party Secretary of Guizhou; in December he relinquished his governor post, and Chen Min'er was chosen as his successor.
In July 2015, following the dismissal of Zhou Benshun, Zhao Kezhi was named party chief of Hebei province.
Zhao Kezhi was appointed as the Minister of Public Security on November 4,2017.
In March 2018, Zhao Kezhi was appointed as a State Councilor.
Zhao Kezhi is a member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.