Ling Yun | |
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| 凌云 | |
 Ling Yun (Left) with Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping (Right) | |
| 1st Minister of State Security | |
| In office June 1983 – September 1985 | |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Jia Chunwang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wu Peilin 29 June 1917 Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China |
| Died | 15 March 2018 (aged 100) Beijing, China |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Ling Yun | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 凌雲 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 凌云 | ||||||
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Ling Yun (Chinese: 凌云; 29 June 1917 – 15 March 2018), born as Wu Peilin (吴沛霖), was a politician of the People's Republic of China, who served as the first Minister of State Security, from June 1983 (officially from July 1) to September 1985.[1]
A protégé of General Luo Ruiqing, he headed the 1st Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security during the early Maoist years, dealing with suppression of political, ethnic and religious opponents of the Communist Party.
- ^ The death of Ling Yun, the former Minister of the Ministry of State Security, Xinhua News Agency, 2018-03-21