Wang Fang (politician)
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Wang Fang | |
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王芳 | |
Minister of Public Security | |
In office April 1987 – November 1990 | |
Preceded by | Ruan Chongwu |
Succeeded by | Tao Siju |
Personal details | |
Born | 1920 Xintai, Shandong, China |
Died | 2009 | (aged 89)
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Wang Fang (
Biography
A native of Xintai, Shandong, Wang joined the Fourth Detachment of the Shandong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army in early 1938, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Chinese Communist Party in April of the same year. In August 1942, he served as the head of the "enemy work area" (responsible for sabotage and assassinations behind the Japanese lines) of the Luzhong Military Region. In June 1945, he served as the director of the Political Department of the Independent Brigade of the Shandong Military Region.
During the Chinese Civil War, he was director of the Security Department of the Central Shandong Military Region. After March 1947, he successively served as head of the Organization Department and of the Security Department of the Eighth Column of the Third Field Army, and director of the Security Department of the Seventh Corps of the Third Field Army.
After the founding of the
In September 1964, he became Deputy Governor of Zhejiang Province.
During the Cultural Revolution he was removed from all positions, arrested and labeled as a "capitalist roader", but after the fall of the Gang of Four he was one of the special prosecutors in the trial that convicted them.[1]
After resuming work in 1977, he successively served as secretary of the
From March 1983 to April 1987 he was Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang Province, and then served as Minister of Public Security from April 1987 to November 1990.
He played an active role in crushing the
Wang Fang was a full member of the
References
External links
- (in Chinese) Wang Fang's profile