Zou Yu
{{Short description|Chinese politician (born 1920)}}
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| birth_place = Bobai County, Guangxi, China{{cite book | title=三十年中国法学教育大事记(1978-2008) | publisher=中国政法大学出版社 | year=2009 | isbn=978-7-5620-3487-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3tKAQAAIAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-12-27 | page=26}}
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| party = Chinese Communist Party
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Zou Yu ({{zh|s=邹瑜|t=鄒瑜|p=Zōu Yú}}; born 10 October 1920) is a politician of the People's Republic of China.{{cite book | title=中国共产党人名大辞典 | publisher=中国国际广播出版社 | year=1991 | isbn=978-7-80035-873-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f5V-IvxONP4C | language=zh | access-date=2024-12-27 | page=367}}
Biography
Zou Yu joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938.{{cite book | title=中国百年期刋发刋词600篇 | publisher=解放军出版社 | issue=v. 2 | year=1996 | isbn=978-7-5065-2987-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OnqGAAAAIAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-12-27 | page=569}} In 1978, Zou Yu assumed the role of Director of the China Earthquake Administration. He subsequently became a member of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, serving as Deputy Secretary-General; Vice-Minister of Justice, and was elevated to Minister of Justice in 1983.{{cite book | title=中国共产党名人录 | publisher=四川人民出版社 | year=1997 | isbn=978-7-220-02762-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZUcAQAAMAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-12-27 | page=775}} In 1984, he concurrently held the position of President of the China University of Political Science and Law, before resigning from both roles in 1988.{{cite book | author=China. 司法部 | title=中国司法行政大辞典 | publisher=法律出版社 | year=1993 | isbn=978-7-5036-1370-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uO4AAAAIAAJ | language=zh | access-date=2024-12-27 | page=42}} That same year, he assumed the role of Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Internal and Judicial Affairs ({{lang-zh|内务司法委员会}}) of the National People's Congress, and in 1991, he became President of the China Law Society, a position he maintained until 1997.{{cite book | author=国家行政学院 | title=中华人民共和国政府机构五十年, 1949-1999 | publisher=党建读物出版社 | year=2000 | isbn=978-7-80098-406-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSi4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA242 | language=zh | access-date=2024-12-27 | page=242}}
Zou turned 100 on 10 October 2020.{{cite web|url=http://www.jmkdwh.com/NewsDetail.aspx?id=1958|title=司法部原部长邹瑜亲切接见金茂凯德律师|publisher=Jinmao Partners Lawfirm|date=2020-10-10|access-date=2024-10-10|language=zh}}
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- {{in lang|zh}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080220005045/http://www.cermn.com/Main/ProLawmanView.aspx?id=60 Biography of Zou Yu]
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{{Succession box| before = Liu Fuzhi | title = Minister of Justice | years = 1983–1988 | after = Cai Cheng}}
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{{Succession box| before = Liu Fuzhi | title = President of China University of Political Science and Law | years = 1984–1988 | after = Jiang Ping}}
{{Succession box| before = Wang Zhongfang | title = President of China Law Society | years = 1991–1997 | after = Ren Jianxin}}
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Category:People from Yulin, Guangxi
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Guangxi
Category:Academic staff of China University of Political Science and Law
Category:Educators from Guangxi
Category:Chinese Communist Party politicians from Guangxi
Category:Ministers of justice of the People's Republic of China