Wang Fang (; 1920–2009) was a politician of the

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, who most notably served as

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Secretary of Zhejiang Province from March 1983 to April 1987, and then Minister of Public Security from April 1987 to November 1990.

Biography

A native of

Xintai Xintai () is a county-level city in the central part of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is the easternmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Tai'an and is located about to the southeast of downtown Tai'an. H ...

, 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 The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

, and the

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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 The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...

, 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

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, and director of the Security Department of the Seventh Corps of the Third Field Army. After the founding of the

, he successively served as the deputy director of the Public Security Department of the

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Military Control Commission, director of the Hangzhou

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, and deputy director of the

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Provincial Public Security Department. In November 1952, he served as director of the Zhejiang Provincial Public Security Department. In September 1964, he became Deputy Governor of Zhejiang Province. 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 goa ...

he was removed from all positions, arrested and labeled as a "

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", but after the fall of the Gang of Four he was one of the special prosecutors in the trial that convicted them. After resuming work in 1977, he successively served as secretary of the

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, director of the Ningbo Regional Revolutionary Committee, first secretary of the Ningbo Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, and Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the Provincial

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. From March 1983 to April 1987 he was

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

1989 Tiananmen Square Protests The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing during 1989. In what is known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, or in Chinese the June Fourth ...

, and, together with the Minister of State Security,

Jia Chunwang Jia Chunwang (; born May 1938) is a Chinese politician, intelligence officer, and prosecutor who held top positions in both the security apparatus and judiciary of the People's Republic of China.

, worked to dismantle and liquidate the foundations that

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had established in China.FUND'S REPRESENTATIVES ARRESTED IN CHINA, Marianne Yen, August 8, 1989
''The Washington Post'' Wang Fang was a full member of the

12th CPC Central Committee The 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from September 1982 to November 1987. It held seven plenary sessions. It was securely succeeded by the 13th Central Committee. It elected the 12th Politburo of the Chinese ...

from 1982 to 1987, and then a member of the

Central Advisory Commission The Central Advisory Commission () (CAC) was a body of the Chinese Communist Party that existed during the era of the paramount leadership of Deng Xiaoping. The body was supposed to provide "political assistance and consultation" to the Party' ...

from 1987 to 1992.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Fang 1920 births 2009 deaths Politicians from Tai'an People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong Political office-holders in Zhejiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong Victims of the Cultural Revolution Ministers of Public Security of the People's Republic of China State councillors of China