For other people named Zhou Yongkang, see Zhou Yongkang (disambiguation).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.
Zhou Yongkang
周永康
Zhou in 2006
Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
In office October 22, 2007 – November 20, 2012
Deputy
Wang Lequan Meng Jianzhu
General secretary
Hu Jintao
Preceded by
Luo Gan
Succeeded by
Meng Jianzhu
Minister of Public Security
In office December 7, 2002 – October 28, 2007
Premier
Wen Jiabao
Preceded by
Jia Chunwang
Succeeded by
Meng Jianzhu
Communist Party Secretary of Sichuan
In office January 6, 2000 – December 5, 2002
Deputy
Zhang Zhongwei (governor)
Preceded by
Xie Shijie
Succeeded by
Zhang Xuezhong
Minister of Land and Resources
In office March 1998 – December 1999
Premier
Zhu Rongji
Preceded by
Position created
Succeeded by
Tian Fengshan
Personal details
Born
Zhou Yuangen (周元根)
3 December 1942 (1942-12-03) (age 81) Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Political party
Chinese Communist Party (1964–2014, expelled)
Spouses
Wang Shuhua (1971–1997)
Jia Xiaoye (2001–)
Alma mater
Suzhou High School Beijing Petroleum Institute
Occupation
Oil exploration
Zhou Yongkang
Chinese
周永康
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhōu Yǒngkāng
IPA
Mandarin pronunciation:[tʂoʊ˥jʊŋ˧˩kaŋ˥]
Wu
Romanization
Tzoe Yon-khân
Zhou Yongkang (born 3 December 1942) is a former senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He was a member of the 17th Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), China's highest decision-making body, and the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (Zhengfawei) between 2007 and 2012, making him one of the most powerful leaders in China. In that position, Zhou oversaw China's security apparatus and law enforcement institutions, with power stretching into courts, prosecution agencies, police forces, paramilitary forces, and intelligence organs. He was convicted of corruption-related charges in 2014 and expelled from the CCP in the same year.
Zhou rose through the ranks of the CCP through his involvement in the oil and gas industry, starting as a technician on the Daqing oil field during the Cultural Revolution. He was at the helm of the China National Petroleum Corporation between 1996 and 1998, then became Minister of Land and Natural Resources until 1999, and subsequently Party Secretary of Sichuan, then China's second most populous province. Zhou was a State Councilor of the State Council from 2003 to 2008 and also a member of the Party Secretariat of the Central Committee. He served as the Minister of Public Security from 2002 to 2007, before being promoted to the PSC. Zhou retired at the 18th Party Congress in 2012.
In late 2013, Zhou was placed under investigation for alleged abuse of power and corruption, a decision state media announced in July 2014.[1] Zhou was the first Politburo Standing Committee member – and the most senior-ranked official – since the founding of the People's Republic of China to be tried and convicted of corruption-related charges.[2] Following his investigation, Zhou was expelled from the CCP.[3] On June 11, 2015, Zhou was convicted of bribery, abuse of power and the intentional disclosure of state secrets by the Intermediate Court in Tianjin.[4] Zhou and his family members were said to have taken 129 million yuan (over $20 million) in bribes. He was sentenced to life in prison.[5]
^Zhou Yongkang investigated for serious disciplinary violation. Xinhua News Agency (July 29, 2014). Retrieved July 29, 2014.
^Huang, Cary (July 29, 2014). "Xi Jinping boosts clout with Zhou Yongkang takedown, but what next?". South China Morning Post. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
^"China Xinhua News on Twitter" – via Twitter.[non-primary source needed]
^"Zhou Yongkang charged with bribery, abuse of power, intentional disclosure of state secrets". Xinhua News Agency. April 3, 2015. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
^"China ex-security chief gets life term". BBC News. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
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