Chen Min'er | |
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| 陈敏尔 | |
 Chen in 2020 | |
| Party Secretary of Tianjin | |
| Assumed office 8 December 2022 | |
| Deputy | Zhang Gong (mayor) |
| General secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Li Hongzhong |
| Party Secretary of Chongqing | |
| In office 15 July 2017 – 8 December 2022 | |
| Deputy | Zhang Guoqing Tang Liangzhi Hu Henghua (mayor) |
| General secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Sun Zhengcai |
| Succeeded by | Yuan Jiajun |
| Party Secretary of Guizhou | |
| In office 31 July 2015 – 15 July 2017 | |
| Deputy | Sun Zhigang (Governor) Chen Yiqin (party affairs) |
| General secretary | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Zhao Kezhi |
| Succeeded by | Sun Zhigang |
| Governor of Guizhou | |
| In office 18 December 2012 – 16 October 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Zhao Kezhi |
| Succeeded by | Sun Zhigang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-09-29)29 September 1960 (age 65) |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Shaoxing University |
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Chen Min'er (Chinese:陈敏尔;pinyin:Chén Mǐn'ěr; born 29 September 1960) is a Chinese politician and a member of thePolitburo of the Chinese Communist Party who is serving as theParty Secretary of Tianjin.
Chen spent most of his career in his nativeZhejiang province, serving as head of the provincial department of media, and Vice Governor of Zhejiang. In 2013, he was transferred toGuizhou as governor, and in 2015 promoted to provincial Party Secretary. Chen was catapulted to prominence in 2017 in the aftermath of the ouster ofChongqing party secretarySun Zhengcai, a move that made him well-positioned for further elevation. He also became a Politburo member in October 2017. Chen was appointed as the Party Secretary of Tianjin in December 2022.
Chen was born on 29 September 1960 inZhuji, Zhejiang. From 1978 to 1981 Chen Min'er studied Chinese at Shaoxing Normal College (later merged intoShaoxing University) in Zhejiang.[1] From 1981 to 1982, he worked as a propaganda clerk in Shaoxing Normal College. He attended a course for instructors of political theory in Zhejiang Provincial Party School from 1982 to 1983.[2]
After college he worked in the Shaoxing government, first serving at the Publicity Department of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee from 1984 to 1987.[2] From 1987 to 1989, he served as the head of the Publicity Department, as well as a member of the Shaoxing County Party Standing Committee. He became the deputy head of the Publicity Department of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee in 1989. He became the deputy party secretary of Shaoxing County in 1990, and also became the county governor in 1991; he further became theCommunist Party Secretary (the top position in the county) in 1994. From 1995 to 1996, he participated in a full-time training program at theCentral Party School. He became a member of the Standing Committee of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee in 1996.[2]
In 1997, Chen was transferred to the neighbouring city ofNingbo to become its vice mayor, also becoming a member of the city's Party Standing Committee. He became the executive vice mayor in 1998 In 1999 he was promoted to deputy party secretary Ningbo.[1][3] In December 1999 Chen was appointed the chief editor ofZhejiang Daily, the official government newspaper of Zhejiang province, and in 2001 he became the Propaganda Chief of the Zhejiang Communist Party Committee. In June 2002, Chen, then 42, earned a seat on the provincialParty Standing Committee.[2] From May 2007 to January 2012 he was a Vice Governor of Zhejiang.[1] During this period he worked under Zhejiang party secretaryXi Jinping.[3]
In mid-2007, following a change in theZhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Chen Miner was reappointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, subsequently assuming the role of Executive Vice Governor of theZhejiang Provincial People's Government, serving as the deputy to the then Governor of Zhejiang Province,Lü Zushan.[4]
In January 2012, Chen was transferred to the southwestern interior province ofGuizhou to become its Deputy Party Secretary, and in December he was appointed ActingGovernor of Guizhou, succeedingZhao Kezhi, who had been promoted to Party Secretary. In January 2013 he was officially confirmed as governor by the Guizhou Provincial Congress.[1][3]
In July 2015, Chen was promoted toParty Secretary of Guizhou, becoming only the fourth provincial party-level secretary born after the year 1960 (afterHu Chunhua,Zhou Qiang, andSun Zhengcai). After taking charge as party secretary, Chen enthusiastically advanced the policies of CCP General secretary Xi Jinping, such as the "Three Stricts and Three Honests" education campaign. Chen also led an initiative to set up formal discussions (yuetan) over alleged wrongdoing by officials in the province, personally taking charge of the most serious cases. In an interview with the media organs of theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection, Chen repeated the slogan "power must be restricted in the cage of institutions, and power should be exercised in sunshine," (i.e., transparently and openly). Chen set up over 1,400 working committees in neighbourhoods and rural areas in the province to oversee complaints over routine government services.[5]
In July 2017, Chen was appointed as theParty Secretary of Chongqing municipality, replacing Sun Zhengcai. As Chen assumed leadership over one of the fourdirect-controlled municipalities, the move assured him a seat in theCCP Politburo (decision-making body) at the19th CCP Party Congress.[6][7]
Chen was an alternate of the17th Central Committee and a full member of the18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Chen has been portrayed by overseas media as an associate of CCP leader Xi Jinping, and has been named as part of the "New Zhijiang Army".[1][3]
Chen was reappointed to the Politburo after the20th CCP Party Congress in October 2022. He was appointed as theParty Secretary of Tianjin in December 2022.[8][9]
Chen Min'er has a daughter, who is married to the son ofSi Xinliang.[2]
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Tianjin 2022– | Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Chongqing 2017–2022 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Guizhou 2015–2017 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Head of the Publicity Department of the CCPZhejiang Provincial Committee 2001–2007 | Succeeded by |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by | Governor of Guizhou 2012–2015 | Succeeded by |