Li Ganjie

Li Ganjie
Li Ganjie
李干杰
	Li in 2013
Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 26 April 2023
Deputy	Jiang Xinzhi (executive)
General Secretary	Xi Jinping
Preceded by	Chen Xi
Communist Party Secretary of Shandong
	In office; 30 September 2021 – 29 December 2022
Deputy	Zhou Naixiang (Governor)
Preceded by	Liu Jiayi
Succeeded by	Lin Wu
Governor of Shandong
	In office; 17 April 2020 – 30 September 2021
Party Secretary	Liu Jiayi
Preceded by	Gong Zheng
Succeeded by	Zhou Naixiang
Minister of Ecology and Environment
	In office; 19 March 2018 – 29 April 2020
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister of Environmental Protection)
Succeeded by	Huang Runqiu
Minister of Environmental Protection
	In office; 27 June 2017 – 19 March 2018
Premier	Li Keqiang
Preceded by	Chen Jining
Succeeded by	Himself (as Minister of Ecology and Environment)
Personal details
Born	November 11, 1964 (age 59); Wangcheng County, Hunan
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	Tsinghua University

Li Ganjie (Chinese: 李干杰; born 11 November 1964) is a Chinese politician serving as the head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He is a member of the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and a secretary of the 20th Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party. He has previously served as head of the National Nuclear Safety Administration, deputy party secretary of Hebei, the Minister of Ecology and Environment (previously as the Minister of Environmental Protection) from 2017 to 2020, and the Communist Party Secretary of Shandong from 2021 to 2022.

Early life

Li was born in Wangcheng County, Hunan province. He joined the CCP in 1984, while attending Tsinghua University, where he studied industrial physics and nuclear safety. He has a master's degree in engineering.^{[citation needed]} In July 1989, after completing graduate studies, he became an engineer at the National Nuclear Safety Administration's Beijing office. Between September 1991 and January 1993, he studied in France.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Between March 1993 and July 1998, he took on a series of successively senior roles at the Nuclear Safety Administration. In 1998 he was sent as a guazhi deputy party secretary of Pingjiang County, Hunan.^{[citation needed]}

In January 1999, Li began working at the office of the Chinese Ambassador to France, specializing in technology affairs. In July 2000, he was transferred to the State Administration for Environmental Protection (SEPA, later established as a ministry). He then took on a series of leading positions specializing in nuclear safety, eventually rising to head of the National Nuclear Safety Administration in December 2006. In March 2008, after reforms, Li took on the concurrent post of Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection.^[1]

In October 2016, Li was transferred to become Deputy Party Secretary of Hebei province.^[2]

In June 2017, Li was named Minister of Environmental Protection. At the time of his appointment he was the youngest member of the ministerial level officials of the State Council.^[3]

In April 2020, Li was appointed as the acting Governor of Shandong Province. He was elected as the governor in July.^[4]

In October 2022, Li was elected to the 20th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He is the youngest member of the Politburo. In April 2023, Li assumed the office of the head of the CCP's Organization Department, succeeding Chen Xi.^[5]

References

^ 周建李干杰出任国家环保总局副局长. Sohu. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
^ 李干杰任河北省委副书记赵勇不再任河北省委副书记. China News Service. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
^ 李干杰任环保部党组书记陈吉宁不再担任. Sina. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
^ 李干杰当选山东省省长(图/简历)--组织人事-人民网. People's Daily. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
^ "China puts scientist in charge of Communist Party's HR department". South China Morning Post. 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2023-04-29.

Government offices
Preceded by Wang Yuqing [zh]	Director of the National Nuclear Safety Administration 2006–2016	Succeeded by Liu Hua [zh]
Preceded by Chen Jining	Minister of Environmental Protection 2017–2018	Post abolished
New title	Minister of Ecology and Environment 2018–2020	Succeeded by Huang Runqiu
Preceded by Gong Zheng	Governor of Shandong 2020–2021	Succeeded by Zhou Naixiang
Party political offices
Preceded by Zhao Yong	Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Hebei 2016–2017	Succeeded by Zhao Yide
New title	Communist Party Secretary of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment 2018–2020	Succeeded by Sun Jinlong
Preceded by Liu Jiayi	Communist Party Secretary of Shandong 2021–2022	Succeeded by Lin Wu
Preceded by Chen Xi	Head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party 2023–	Incumbent