Liu Mingzu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Mingzu (Chinese: 刘明祖; pinyin: Liú Míngzǔ; September 1936 – 28 December 2022) was a regional Chinese politician. He served as the Chinese Communist Party Secretary for the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, therefore the top leader of the region, from 1994 to 2001, and before that, the deputy party chief of Guangxi, also an autonomous region.

Liu Mingzu
刘明祖
Chairperson of the National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
In office March 2003 – March 2008
Preceded by	Gao Dezhan
Succeeded by	Wang Yunlong
Chairperson of Inner Mongolia Regional People's Congress
In office January 1997 – January 2003
Preceded by	Wang Qun
Succeeded by	Chu Bo
Communist Party Secretary of Inner Mongolia
In office August 1994 – August 2001
Preceded by	Wang Qun
Succeeded by	Chu Bo
Chairperson of Guangxi Regional People's Congress
In office January 1993 – January 1995
Preceded by	Gan Ku
Succeeded by	Zhao Fulin
Personal details
Born	September 1936 Weihai, Shandong, China
Died	28 December 2022(2022-12-28) (aged 86) Weihai, Shandong, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	刘明祖
Traditional Chinese	劉明祖
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Míngzǔ

Liu was born in the rural outskirts of Weihai, Shandong province, in what is present-day Huancui District; he went to Dalian with his mother to reunite with his father there. Liu joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1959, and spent his early career in various incarnations of the Weihai municipal office before, during, and after the Cultural Revolution. In 1986 he was named prefecture party chief of Linyi, Shandong. In 1988 he was transferred to become deputy party chief of Guangxi, then in 1993 also became chair of the regional People's Congress. He was then transferred to Inner Mongolia. After his retirement from active 'frontline' politics, he was named chair of the National People's Congress Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee in 2003, where he served one term, before leaving politics for good.

Liu was an alternate member of the 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a full member of the 15th Central Committee.