Ling YunLing Yun , born as Wu Peilin (吴沛霖), is a former politician of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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, the first PRC Minister of State Security.

Biography

Ling Yun was born in Jiaxing

Jiaxing

Jiaxing is a prefecture-level city in northern Zhejiang province of Eastern China. Lying on the Grand Canal of China, Jiaxing borders Hangzhou to the southwest, Huzhou to the west, Shanghai to the northeast, and the province of Jiangsu to the north....

 county, Zhejiang

Zhejiang

Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

, on 29 June 1917. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1938. After a period of political activism in Shanxi

Shanxi

' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....

 province, he arrived in the central party base in Yan’an, Shaanxi

Shaanxi

' is a province in the central part of Mainland China, and it includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River in addition to the Qinling Mountains across the southern part of this province...

, in 1939. Here he joined and advanced in the ranks of the Central Department of Social Affairs

Central Department of Social Affairs

The Central Department of Social Affairs was the intelligence & counter-intelligence organ of the Chinese Communist Party leadership prior to the founding of the PRC in 1949.-History:...

, led, at the time, by Kang Sheng

Kang Sheng

Kang Sheng , Communist Party of China official, oversaw the work of the People's Republic of China's security and intelligence apparatus at the height of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s. He was a close associate of Mao Zedong and remained at or near the pinnacle of power for decades...

. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China and dissolution of the Social Affairs Department, he served in the public security sector, first in Ji’nan, Shandong

Shandong

' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...

, and beginning in 1952 in the Ministry of Public Security

Ministry of Public Security

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, where he eventually advanced to the post of vice-minister. Ling Yun was Minister of State Security from June 1983 to September 1985.

External links

Profile of Ling Yun
Biography of Ling Yun