He Rong | |
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贺荣 | |
 He in 2022 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| Assumed office 24 February 2023 | |
| Premier | Li Keqiang Li Qiang |
| Preceded by | Tang Yijun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-10-12)October 12, 1962 (age 63) Linyi County,Shandong, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | China University of Political Science and Law (LLB,LLD) University of Technology Sydney (LLM) |
He Rong (Chinese:贺荣;pinyin:Hè Róng; born 12 October 1962) is a Chinese jurist and politician who has been serving as the 13thMinister of Justice of China since February 2023.[1] She previously served as executive vice president of theSupreme People's Court of China from 2020 to 2023 anddeputy party secretary ofShaanxi province from 2018 to 2020.[1][2]
He Rong was born inLinyi County,Dezhou,Shandong, China.
He Rong received aBachelor of Law with a major ineconomic law from theChina University of Political Science and Law in 1984, aMaster of Laws incivil andcommercial law from theUniversity of Technology Sydney in 2004, and aDoctor of Law inprocedural law from the China University of Political Science and Law in 2006.[3]
She joined theChinese Communist Party in June 1984. A law school graduate, she joined the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court in August 1984 as an assistant judge of the court's First Criminal Tribunal and a clerk of its Research Office. She then worked at the Higher People's Court as a tribunal clerk, assistant judge, researcher, judge, director of the research office, and member of the court's judicial committee until July 2001.[4]
She served as deputy president of the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court from 2001 to 2007, president of the Beijing Municipal Second Intermediate People's Court from 2007 to 2010, and deputy president and deputy party secretary of the Beijing Municipal Higher People's Court from 2010 to 2011.[4]
In December 2011, she began serving on theSupreme People's Court as part of the court jury. She served as vice president of the Supreme People's Court from 2013 to 2017.[5] In March 2017, He was named a member of the Shaanxiprovincial party standing committee and then in March 2018, she was named deputy party secretary of Shaanxi province.[6][7] He returned to Beijing in 2020 and served as executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court from 2020 to 2023.[2]
In February 2023, succeedingTang Yijun, He was appointed as theMinister of Justice of China by theStanding Committee of the National People's Congress.[1]
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| Preceded by | Secretary of Shaanxi Discipline Inspection Committee 2017–2018 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Shaanxi 2018–2020 | Succeeded by |
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| New title | Director of Shaanxi Provincial Supervision Commission 2018 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Justice 2023–present | Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | Executive Vice President of theSupreme People's Court 2020–2023 | Succeeded by |
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