Zhao Kezhi

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Police Commissioner General

| image = Zhao Kezhi 2018 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Zhao in 2018

| office1 = State Councilor of China

| term_start1 = 19 March 2018

| term_end1 = 12 March 2023

| premier1 = Li Keqiang

| predecessor1 = Guo Shengkun

| successor1 = Wang Xiaohong

| office2 = Minister of Public Security

| premier2 = Li Keqiang

| term_start2 = 4 November 2017

| term_end2 = 24 June 2022

| deputy2 = Fu Zhenghua, Wang Xiaohong, others

| predecessor2 = Guo Shengkun

| successor2 = Wang Xiaohong

| office3 = Party Secretary of Hebei

| term_start3 = 31 July 2015

| term_end3 = 28 October 2017

| deputy3 = Zhang Qingwei→Xu Qin (Governor)
Zhao Yong (party affairs)

| predecessor3 = Zhou Benshun

| successor3 = Wang Dongfeng

| office4 = Chairman of Hebei People's Congress

| term_start4 = 12 January 2016

| term_end4 = 1 December 2017

| predecessor4 = Zhou Benshun

| successor4 = Wang Dongfeng

| office5 = Party Secretary of Guizhou

| term_start5 = 18 July 2012

| term_end5 = 31 July 2015

| deputy5 = Chen Min'er (Governor)
Chen Yiqin (party affairs)

| predecessor5 = Li Zhanshu

| successor5 = Chen Min'er

| office6 = Chairman of Guizhou People's Congress

| term_start6 = 31 January 2013

| term_end6 = 15 January 2016

| predecessor6 = Li Zhanshu

| successor6 = Chen Min'er

| office7 = Governor of Guizhou

| term_start7 = 28 September 2010

| term_end7 = 18 December 2012

| predecessor7 = Lin Shusen

| successor7 = Chen Min'er

| name = Zhao Kezhi

| native_name = {{nobold|赵克志}}

| native_name_lang = zh

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|12|28}}

| birth_place = Laixi, Shandong, China

| death_date =

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| party = Chinese Communist Party

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| alma_mater = Central Party School

| website = {{URL|http://english.www.gov.cn/statecouncil/zhaokezhi/|www.gov.cn/zhaokezhi}}

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| p = Zhào Kèzhì

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Zhao Kezhi ({{zh |s = {{linktext|赵|克|志}} }}; born 28 December 1953) is a Chinese retired politician who served as a State Councilor of the People’s Republic of China and as the Minister and Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security, with the top police officer rank of Police Commissioner General. He is the former Party Secretary of Hebei and the Party Secretary of Guizhou, and the former Governor of Guizhou. He had also previously served as a vice governor of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces.{{cite web |url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2010-08/31/content_14102763.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100910095817/http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2010-08/31/content_14102763.htm |url-status = dead |archive-date = September 10, 2010 |script-title = zh:赵克志简历 |trans-title = Biography of Zhao Kezhi |language = zh |work = Xinhua News Agency |access-date = 2013-02-08 }}{{cite web |url = http://leaders.people.com.cn/n/2012/1116/c58278-19605175.html |script-title = zh:赵克志简历 |trans-title = Biography of Zhao Kezhi |language = zh |work = People's Daily |access-date = 2013-02-08 }}

Career

Zhao was born in Laixi, Shandong province. He entered the workforce in March 1973 as a middle school teacher in Laixi, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1975. In April 1984, he became Laixi's mayor and deputy Communist Party Chief. In March 1987, he was appointed mayor and deputy party chief of nearby Jimo, and became its party chief in 1989. In December 1997, he was promoted to be the party chief of Dezhou, a prefecture-level city in Shandong. From February 2001 to March 2006, he was the vice governor of Shandong province.

In 2006, Zhao was transferred to the neighbouring Jiangsu province, where he was the executive vice governor until August 2010, when he was transferred again to southwestern Guizhou province, where he was appointed deputy party secretary and acting governor. A month later he was elected by the Guizhou Provincial Congress as governor. In July 2012 Zhao was promoted to concurrently serve as the Party Secretary of Guizhou; in December he relinquished his governor post, and Chen Min'er was chosen as his successor.

In July 2015, following the dismissal of Zhou Benshun, Zhao was named party chief of Hebei province. During his term in Hebei, planning began for the ambitious Xiong'an New Area. In October 2017, shortly after the 19th Party Congress, Zhao, then 63, was appointed as the Party Committee Secretary of the Ministry of Public Security.{{cite web |url = http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2017-11-01/doc-ifynfvar5625243.shtml |script-title=zh:赵克志出任公安部党委书记(图/简历) |access-date = 2017-11-01 |website = news.sina.com.cn }} He was appointed as the Minister of Public Security on November 4, 2017.{{cite web |url = http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1850179 |script-title=zh:全国人大常委会决定任命赵克志为公安部部长_人事风向_澎湃新闻|access-date = 2017-11-04 |website = www.thepaper.cn }}

In March 2018, Zhao was appointed as a State Councilor.{{cite news |url = http://news.ifeng.com/a/20180319/56857742_0.shtml |script-title=zh:国务院副总理、国务委员、各部部长完整名单 |access-date = 2018-03-19 |date = 2018-03-19 |agency = Xinhua }} In June 2018, he became Deputy Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/renshi/2018-06/14/c_1122982796.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614045812/http://www.xinhuanet.com/renshi/2018-06/14/c_1122982796.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2018|script-title=zh:赵克志任中央政法委副书记（图/简历）|access-date=2018-06-14|date=2018-06-14|work=Xinhua}}

Zhao is a member of the 18th and 19th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party.