Chen Yixin

Chen Yixin (Chinese: 陈一新; born 1 September 1959) is a Chinese politician who is the current Minister of State Security.

This article is about the Chinese politician. For the Taiwanese politician, see Chen I-hsin. For the American computer scientist, see Yixin Chen. For the Singaporean actress, see Chen Yixin (actress).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Yixin
陈一新
Chen in 2021
6th Minister of State Security
Assumed office
30 October 2022
PremierLi Keqiang
Li Qiang
Preceded byChen Wenqing
Secretary General of Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
In office
March 2018 – March 2023
General SecretaryXi Jinping
Preceded byWang Yongqing
Succeeded byYin Bai
Personal details
Born (1959-09-01) 1 September 1959
Taishun County, Zhejiang, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
EducationLishui Teacher's College
Zhejiang Provincial Party School

Born in Taishun County, Zhejiang, Chen gained political prominence working in his home province. In 2015, he was appointed as the deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, working there until 2016. In 2017, he became the Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan, working in that capacity until 2018, when he was appointed as the Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission. He was appointed as the Minister of State Security in 2022.

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