Liu Fuzhi (March 1917 – 25 August 2013) was a politician of the

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. He served as the Procurator-General of the

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, Minister of Public Security, and

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Biography

Liu was born in Mei County,

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province in 1917. In 1937, he entered the Yan'an North Shaanxi Public School and joined the

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the following year. He served as Secretary-General of the Eighth Route Army Commander

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, Director of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, Secretary of the Political Commissar

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, Chief of the Department of Political Affairs of the 129th Division of the Political Department of the 129th Division, Director of the Social Department of the Central Committee of the Shanxi-

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Central Committee, Director of the Social Affairs Department of the North China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Central Military Commission Deputy Director of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as director of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security and deputy director of the Ministry of Public Security. From January 1964 to December 1977, Liu was imprisoned due to the

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. He then served as Vice

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Deputy Director of the Legal Committee of the Standing Committee, Secretary General of the Political and Legal Committee of the CPC Central Committee, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Minister of Public Security (April 1983–September 1985), First Political Commissar of the

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, Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the CPC Central Committee, and Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (1988–1993). He was a member of the 12th and 13th

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, a representative of the 13th National Congress, and a member of the

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. Liu died of an illness in August 2013 at the age of 96. He is buried in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Fuzhi 1917 births Hakka people People from Meixian District People's Republic of China politicians from Guangdong 2013 deaths Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangdong China University of Political Science and Law faculty Presidents of universities and colleges in China Educators from Guangdong Ministers of Public Security of the People's Republic of China Ministers of Justice of the People's Republic of China Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate Politicians from Meizhou Burials at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery