Tang Renjian
{{Short description|Chinese politician}}
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| name = Tang Renjian
| native_name = {{lang|zh-hans|{{nobold|唐仁健}}}}
| image = Tang Renjian (2024) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Tang in 2024
| office = Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
| term_start = 26 December 2020
| term_end = 13 September 2024
| premier = Li Keqiang
Li Qiang
| predecessor = Han Changfu
| successor = Han Jun
| office1 = Director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group
| term_start1 = 26 December 2020
| 1blankname1 = Leader
| 1namedata1 = Hu Chunhua
| term_end1 = 14 October 2023
| predecessor1 = Han Changfu
| successor1 = Han Wenxiu
| office2 = Governor of Gansu
| term_start2 = 11 April 2017
| term_end2 = 3 December 2020
| predecessor2 = Lin Duo
| successor2 = Ren Zhenhe
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1962|8}}
| birth_place = Chongqing, China
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Chinese Communist Party (1991–2024; expelled)
| spouse =
| children =
| alma_mater = Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
}}
Tang Renjian ({{zh|s=唐仁健|p=Táng Rénjiàn}}; born August 1962) is a former Chinese politician who served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs from 2020 to 2024. He formerly serving as Chief of General Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group and Governor of Gansu and before that, deputy director of the Office of the Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, Vice Chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Biography
Tang Renjian was born in August 1962 in Chongqing. In March 1983, he graduated from the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. Later he entered the Ministry of Agriculture, became the officer. In 1998, he moved to the Office of the Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, became the supervisor.
In 2014, Tang was appointed as the Vice Chairman of Guangxi; in 2015, he was made Executive Vice Chairman.{{cite news |language=zh |script-title=zh:中央"空降兵"唐仁健料兼任广西副主席|url=http://news.takungpao.com/mainland/zgzq/2014-04/2448013.html|accessdate=2015-05-21|work=takungpao.com}}
In 2016, Tang returned to the Office of the Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs, became the deputy director.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1495522 |language=zh |script-title=zh:接棒陈锡文，唐仁健任中央财办副主任、中央农办主任|work=thepaper|accessdate=2016-07-08}}
Tang was appointed as the acting Governor of Gansu in April 2017, confirmed on May 5.{{cite web|accessdate=2017-04-11|url=http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1659538|language=zh |script-title=zh:唐仁健任甘肃省副省长、代理省长|work=thepaper}}
On 26 December 2020, Tang took office as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, succeeding Han Changfu.{{cite web |language=zh|script-title=zh:唐仁健任中央农村工作领导小组成员兼办公室主任，农业农村部党组书记|url=http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/202012/02/t20201202_36073928.shtml|date=2020-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202192846/http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/202012/02/t20201202_36073928.shtml|archive-date=2020-12-02|accessdate=2024-05-19|work=ce.cn}}
= Downfall =
On 18 May 2024, Tang was suspected of "serious violations of laws and regulations" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China.{{Cite news |date=18 May 2024 |title=China Says Agriculture Minister Tang Renjian Is Under Investigation |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-18/china-says-agriculture-minister-tang-is-under-investigation |access-date=18 May 2024 |work=Bloomberg News}} On 13 September 2024, he was removed as the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and was replaced Han Jun.{{Cite news |date=13 September 2024 |title=China's top legislature concludes standing committee session |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202409/13/WS66e3ddbca3103711928a7df5.html |access-date=7 October 2024 |work=China Daily}} On November 15, he was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite news |title=Former Chinese agricultural minister expelled from CPC |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202411/15/WS67370a6ea310f1265a1cda75.html |access-date=15 November 2024 |work=Chinadaily |date=15 November 2024}} On December 10, he was arrested by the Supreme People's Procuratorate.{{cite news |title=China's top procuratorate orders arrest of former agricultural minister |url=https://english.news.cn/20241210/a8c9bbcb2d344eb7b0307bfa218103d1/c.html |access-date=10 December 2024 |work=news.cn |date=10 December 2024}}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Executive Vice Chairman of Guangxi|years=2015–2016}}
{{s-aft|after=Lan Tianli}}
{{s-bef|before=Lin Duo}}
{{s-ttl|title=Governor of Gansu|years=2017–2020}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs|years=2020–2024}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Chief of General Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group
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{{s-aft|after=Han Jun}}
{{s-bef|before=Han Changfu}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chief of General Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group
(Second Time)|years=2020–2023}}
{{s-aft|after=Han Wenxiu}}
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Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Chongqing
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Chongqing
Category:Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Category:Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress
Category:Ministers of agriculture of the People's Republic of China
Category:Political office-holders in Guangxi
Category:Politicians from Chongqing
Category:Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party