Zhao Kezhi

Zhao Kezhi
赵克志
Zhao in 2018
State Councilor of China
In office
19 March 2018  12 March 2023
PremierLi Keqiang
Preceded byGuo Shengkun
Succeeded byWang Xiaohong
Minister of Public Security
In office
4 November 2017  24 June 2022
PremierLi Keqiang
DeputyFu Zhenghua, Wang Xiaohong, others
Preceded byGuo Shengkun
Succeeded byWang Xiaohong
Party Secretary of Hebei
In office
31 July 2015  28 October 2017
DeputyZhang QingweiXu Qin (Governor)
Zhao Yong (party affairs)
Preceded byZhou Benshun
Succeeded byWang Dongfeng
Chairman of Hebei People's Congress
In office
12 January 2016  1 December 2017
Preceded byZhou Benshun
Succeeded byWang Dongfeng
Party Secretary of Guizhou
In office
18 July 2012  31 July 2015
DeputyChen Min'er (Governor)
Chen Yiqin (party affairs)
Preceded byLi Zhanshu
Succeeded byChen Min'er
Chairman of Guizhou People's Congress
In office
31 January 2013  15 January 2016
Preceded byLi Zhanshu
Succeeded byChen Min'er
Governor of Guizhou
In office
28 September 2010  18 December 2012
Preceded byLin Shusen
Succeeded byChen Min'er
Personal details
Born (1953-12-28) 28 December 1953
Laixi, Shandong, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materCentral Party School
Websitewww.gov.cn/zhaokezhi
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhào Kèzhì

Zhao Kezhi (Chinese: ; 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.