Chen Yixin
Chen Yixin | |
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陈一新 | |
Chen in 2021 | |
| 6th Minister of State Security | |
| Assumed office 30 October 2022 | |
| Premier | Li Keqiang Li Qiang |
| Preceded by | Chen Wenqing |
| Secretary-General of Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission | |
| In office March 2018 – March 2023 | |
| Secretary | Guo Shengkun Chen Wenqing |
| Preceded by | Wang Yongqing |
| Succeeded by | Yin Bai |
| Party Secretary of Wuhan | |
| In office 3 January 2017 – 20 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ruan Chengfa |
| Succeeded by | Ma Guoqiang |
| Party Secretary of Wenzhou | |
| In office 26 June 2013 – 1 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Derong |
| Succeeded by | Xu Liyi |
| Party Secretary of Jinhua | |
| In office 8 January 2012 – 26 June 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Xu Zhiping |
| Succeeded by | Xu Jia'ai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1959 Taishun County, Zhejiang, China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Education | Lishui Teacher's College Zhejiang Provincial Party School |
Chen Yixin (Chinese: 陈一新; born 1 September 1959) is a Chinese politician who is the current Minister of State Security.
Born in Taishun County, Zhejiang, Chen gained political prominence working in his home province. In 2015, he was appointed as the deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, working there until 2016. In 2017, he became the Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan, working in that capacity until 2018.
In 2018, he was appointed as the Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission. As Secretary-General, Chen oversaw the Special Campaign to Crack Down on Organized Crime and Eliminate Evil from 2018 to 2020, and the campaign to educate and rectify the political and legal teams from 2020 to 2022. He was appointed as the Minister of State Security in 2022.