Yan Mingfu

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Yan Mingfu
阎明复
Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office April 1988 – 1990 Serving with Wang Renzhong, Fang Yi, Gu Mu and others
President	Li Xiannian
Preceded by	Liu Lantao
Succeeded by	Fang Yi
Minister of the United Front Work Department for the Chinese Communist Party
In office Novenber 1985 – Novenber 1990
Preceded by	Yang Jingren
Succeeded by	Ding Guangen
Personal details
Born	(1931-11-11)November 11, 1931 Beijing, Republic of China
Died	July 3, 2023(2023-07-03) (aged 91)
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Wu Keliang
Children	Yan Lan

Yan Mingfu (Chinese: 阎明复; pinyin: Yán Míngfù; 11 November 1931 – 3 July 2023) was a Chinese politician. His first prominent role in government began in 1985, when he was made leader of the United Front Work Department for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He held the position until the Politburo expelled him for his sympathies with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protestors.^[1] Yan returned to government work in 1991 when he became a vice minister of Civil Affairs.^[2]