Liu Kun
{{Short description|Chinese politician (born 1956)}}
{{For|the Jin dynasty general|Liu Kun (Jin dynasty)}}
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| office1 = 14th Minister of Finance
| term_start1 = 19 March 2018
| term_end1 = 24 October 2023
| predecessor1 = Xiao Jie
| successor1 = Lan Fo'an
| premier1 = Li Keqiang
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Li Qiang
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| office2 = Director of Budgetary Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress
| term_start2 = December 2016
| term_end2 = March 2018
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| predecessor2 = Liao Xiaojun
| successor2 = Shi Yaobin
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| name = Liu Kun
| native_name = 刘昆
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956|12}}
| birth_place = Raoping County, Guangdong, China
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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| alma_mater = Xiamen University
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Liu Kun ({{zh|s=刘昆|t=劉昆|p=Liú Kūn}}; born December 1956) is a Chinese politician who served as the Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2023. Previously he served as director of Budgetary Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress, vice minister of Finance, and vice governor of Guangdong.
Early life and education
Liu was born in Raoping County, Guangdong in December 1956. In June 1973, during the Cultural Revolution, he was forced to work in a factory in Yunxiao County, Fujian instead of going to university. He entered Xiamen University in February 1978, majoring in finance and monetary economics at the School of Economics, where he graduated in February 1982.
Career
Beginning in 1982, he served in various posts in the Office of the Guangdong Provincial Government, where he served as deputy director until December 2001. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1984. In December 2001 he was promoted to become deputy secretary-general of Guangdong Provincial Government, a department-level position he held until October 2002. He was director of Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance in October 2002, and held that office until July 2010. In July 2010 he was promoted again to become vice-governor of Guangdong, he remained in that position until May 2013, when he was transferred to Beijing and appointed vice minister of Finance.{{cite news|url=http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0522/c1001-21573344.html?_fin |script-title=zh:广东副省长刘昆调任财政部党组成员 分管国库司等 |newspaper=people.com |date=2013-05-22 |language=zh}}{{cite news|url=http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2013/05-22/4844844.shtml |script-title=zh:广东副省长刘昆调任财政部党组成员、副部长(图) |newspaper=Chinanews |date=2013-05-22 |language=zh}} He became director of Budgetary Affairs Commission of the National People's Congress in December 2016, and served until March 2018.{{cite news|url=http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201803/19/t20180319_28523980.shtml |script-title=zh:全国人大常委会预算工委主任刘昆出任财政部部长 |newspaper=ce.cn |date=2018-03-19 |language=zh}} On March 19, 2018, he was elected minister of Finance at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress.{{cite news|url=http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/201803/22/t20180322_28570683.shtml |script-title=zh:新任“大管家” 刘昆将如何管好国家的“钱袋子”？ |newspaper=ce.cn |date=2018-03-22 |language=zh}}{{cite news |date=2018-03-19 |title=China's new cabinet members endorsed |newspaper=Chinadaily |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201803/19/WS5aaf1a7aa3106e7dcc1426fd.html}}
Liu was a member of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.{{cite news |date=2017-10-24 |script-title=zh:十九大受权发布：中国共产党第十九届中央纪律检查委员会委员名单 |language=zh |newspaper=xinhuanet |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/19cpcnc/2017-10/24/c_1121848898.htm}} He was a delegate to the 10th and 11th, 12th and 13th National People's Congresses.
On 28 September 2023, he was succeeded by Lan Fo'an as the Communist Party secretary of the Ministry of Finance.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-28 |title=China Names Lan Fo’an as Party Chief of Finance Ministry |language=en |work=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-28/china-taps-new-finance-party-chief-paving-way-for-minister-role |access-date=2023-09-28}} On 24 October, he was succeeded by Lan as the minister of Finance.{{Cite news |date=2023-10-24 |title=China names Lan Foan as new finance minister amid stimulus push |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-names-lan-foan-new-finance-minister-amid-stimulus-push-2023-10-24/ |access-date=2023-10-24}}
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Category:Xiamen University alumni
Category:Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party alumni
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Guangdong
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangdong
Category:Ministers of finance of the People's Republic of China
Category:Politicians from Chaozhou
Category:Delegates to the 10th National People's Congress
Category:Delegates to the 11th National People's Congress
Category:Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress
Category:Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress
Category:Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party