Zhao Kezhi

Police Commissioner General Zhao Kezhi
赵克志
Zhao in 2018
State Councilor of the People's Republic of China
In office 19 March 2018 – 12 March 2023
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Guo Shengkun
Succeeded by	Wang Xiaohong
Minister of Public Security
In office 4 November 2017 – 24 June 2022
Premier	Li Keqiang
Deputy	Fu Zhenghua, Wang Xiaohong, others
Preceded by	Guo Shengkun
Succeeded by	Wang Xiaohong
Chairman of Hebei People's Congress
In office January 2016 – December 2017
Preceded by	Zhou Benshun
Succeeded by	Wang Dongfeng
Communist Party Secretary of Hebei
In office 31 July 2015 – 28 October 2017
Deputy	Zhang Qingwei→Xu Qin (Governor) Zhao Yong (party affairs)
Preceded by	Zhou Benshun
Succeeded by	Wang Dongfeng
Chairman of Guizhou People's Congress
In office January 2013 – January 2016
Preceded by	Li Zhanshu
Succeeded by	Chen Min'er
Communist Party Secretary of Guizhou
In office July 2012 – July 2015
Deputy	Chen Min'er (Governor) Chen Yiqin (party affairs)
Preceded by	Li Zhanshu
Succeeded by	Chen Min'er
Governor of Guizhou
In office August 2010 – December 2012
Preceded by	Lin Shusen
Succeeded by	Chen Min'er
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-28) 28 December 1953 (age 70) Laixi, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Central Party School
Website	www.gov.cn/zhaokezhi
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	赵克志
Traditional Chinese	趙克志
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhào Kèzhì

Zhao Kezhi (Chinese: 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 Communist Party Secretary of Hebei and Guizhou provinces, and the former Governor of Guizhou province. He had also previously served as a vice governor of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces.^[1][2]