- Luo Gan
:"This is a
Chinese name ; the family name is Luo."Luo Gan (Chinese: 罗干;Pinyin : Luó Gàn; born July 1935) is a former member of thePolitburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China and former Political and Legislative Affairs Committee secretary of thePeople's Republic of China .Biography
Luo Gan was born in
Shandong province and studiedengineering at theBeijing Steel and Iron Institute . Luo joined theCommunist Party of China in 1960.Afterwards, he moved to
East Germany and spent eight years as a student atTechnische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg as well as working in steel plants. Upon returning to China, Luo continued to work in the steel industry and became Party chief of the centralHenan Province in the 1980s.Luo has developed a close relationship with
Li Peng and is considered hisprotege . He was appointed as the Minister of Labor from April to December in 1988. [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2002-01/16/content_240564.htm Profile of Luo Gan] ,Xinhuanet .]Luo was appointed a state councillor in 1993 (served until 2003) and became a member of the Politburo in 1998. Serving as the security chief, he implemented the "strike hard" anti-crime campaign, which blamed to have led to increased executions, and is said to have personally directed the suppression of illegal organisations and protests such as that at the
Pubugou Dam protest in 2004. He was also instrumental in theFalun Gong crackdown.As the oldest member of the
Politburo Standing Committee , he retired after the CCP's17th Party Congress in the fall of 2007.Notes
External links
* [http://www.chinavitae.com/biography_display.php?id=27 Luo Gan biography @ China Vitae, online database of China VIPs]
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