Zhao Kezhi

State Councilor of the People's Republic of ChinaIn office
19 March 2018 – 12 March 2023PremierLi KeqiangPreceded byGuo ShengkunSucceeded byWang XiaohongMinister of Public SecurityIn office
4 November 2017 – 24 June 2022PremierLi KeqiangDeputyFu Zhenghua, Wang Xiaohong, othersPreceded byGuo ShengkunSucceeded byWang XiaohongChairman of Hebei People's CongressIn office
January 2016 – December 2017Preceded byZhou BenshunSucceeded byWang DongfengCommunist Party Secretary of HebeiIn office
July 2015 – October 2017DeputyZhang Qingwei→Xu Qin (Governor)
Zhao Yong (party affairs)Preceded byZhou BenshunSucceeded byWang DongfengChairman of Guizhou People's CongressIn office
January 2013 – January 2016Preceded byLi ZhanshuSucceeded byChen Min'erCommunist Party Secretary of GuizhouIn office
July 2012 – July 2015DeputyChen Min'er (Governor)
Chen Yiqin (party affairs)Preceded byLi ZhanshuSucceeded byChen Min'erGovernor of GuizhouIn office
August 2010 – December 2012Preceded byLin ShusenSucceeded byChen Min'er Personal detailsBorn (1953-12-28) 28 December 1953 (age 70)
Laixi, Shandong, ChinaPolitical partyChinese Communist PartyAlma materCentral Party SchoolWebsitewww.gov.cn/zhaokezhiChinese nameSimplified Chinese赵克志Traditional Chinese趙克志

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Kèzhì

Zhao Kezhi (Chinese: 赵克志; born 28 December 1953) 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. He is the former Communist Party Secretary of Hebei and Guizhou provinces, and the former Governor of Guizhou province. He had also previously served as a vice governor of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces.^[1][2]

Career

Zhao was born in Laixi, Shandong province. He entered the workforce in March 1973 as a middle school teacher in Laixi, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1975. In April 1984, he became Laixi's mayor and deputy Communist Party Chief. In March 1987, he was appointed mayor and deputy party chief of nearby Jimo, and became its party chief in 1989. In December 1997, he was promoted to be the party chief of Dezhou, a prefecture-level city in Shandong. From February 2001 to March 2006, he was the vice governor of Shandong province.^[1][2]

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 chief and acting governor. A month later he was elected by the Guizhou Provincial Congress as governor. In July 2012 Zhao was promoted to concurrently serve as the Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou; in December he relinquished his governor post, and Chen Min'er was chosen as his successor.^[1][2]

In July 2015, following the dismissal of Zhou Benshun, Zhao was named party chief of Hebei province. During his term in Hebei, planning began for the ambitious Xiong'an New Area. In October 2017, shortly after the 19th Party Congress, Zhao, then 63, was appointed as the Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security.^[3] He was appointed as the Minister of Public Security on November 4, 2017.^[4]

In March 2018, Zhao was appointed as a State Councilor.^[5] In June 2018, he became Deputy Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.^[6]

Zhao is a member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.^[1][2]

References

Government offices
Preceded by Xiao Shicheng (肖世诚)	Magistrate of Jimo County 1987–1989	Succeeded by Meng Guangyao (孟广耀)
Preceded by Jiang Dingzhi	Executive Vice Governor of Jiangsu 2006–2010	Succeeded by Li Yunfeng
Preceded by Lin Shusen	Governor of Guizhou 2010–2012	Succeeded by Chen Min'er
Preceded by Guo Shengkun	Minister of Public Security 2017–2022	Succeeded by Wang Xiaohong
Party political offices
Preceded by Qin Yusheng (秦玉生)	Communist Party Secretary of Jimo County (Jimo) 1989–1991	Succeeded by Meng Guangyao
Preceded by Mo Zhenkui [zh]	Communist Party Secretary of Dezhou 1997–2001	Succeeded by Huang Sheng (黄胜)
Preceded by Li Zhanshu	Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou 2012–2015	Succeeded by Chen Min'er
Preceded by Zhou Benshun	Communist Party Secretary of Hebei 2015–2017	Succeeded by Wang Dongfeng
Assembly seats
Preceded by Li Zhanshu	Chairman of Guizhou People's Congress 2013–2016	Succeeded by Chen Min'er
Preceded by Zhou Benshun	Chairman of Hebei People's Congress 2016–2017	Succeeded by Wang Dongfeng