Gu Linfang (; September 1928 – 16 February 2019) was a Chinese police official and politician. He served as Secretary-General of the

Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (), commonly referred to as ''Zhongyang Zhengfawei'' (中央政法委, literally "Central Poli-Legal Commission") in Chinese, is the organization under the Central Committee of the Chinese Commu ...

, a minister-level position, and as Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Security.

Biography

Gu was born in September 1928 in

Nantong Nantong (; alternate names: Nan-t'ung, Nantung, Tongzhou, or Tungchow; Qihai dialect: ) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province of China, province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

, Republic of China. He began participating in the Communist revolution in May 1942, and joined the

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in July 1947. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Gu began working in the Ministry of Public Security in October 1950. He was persecuted during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

and sent to perform hard labour in the countryside. He was later politically rehabilitated in November 1971 and served in the

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, and later as Deputy Police Chief in

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. In 1972, Gu served as head of the team in the Ministry of Public Security that captured the Soviet spy Li Hongshu (). From December 1980, Gu served in the

, as Head of its General Office and later Deputy Secretary-General. In October 1986, he was promoted to Secretary-General of the commission, a minister-level position. In May 1988, he was appointed a minister-level Vice Minister of the Ministry of Public Security. He also served as a Standing Committee Member of the

8th National People's Congress The 8th National People's Congress () was in session from 1993 to 1998. It succeeded the 7th National People's Congress. It held five sessions in this period. Election results Elected state leaders In the 1st Session in 1993, the Congress elected ...

. Gu retired in December 1999. He died on 16 February 2019 in Beijing, at the age of 90.

References

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