Min Ganghou
Min Ganghou | |
|---|---|
| Chinese: 闵刚侯 | |
| Vice Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China | |
| In office 1954–1966 | |
| Secretary-General of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China | |
| In office 1949–1954 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1904 Nanhui County, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty, China |
| Died | August 18, 1971 (aged 66–67) Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| Alma mater | Soochow University; Kyushu University |
Min Ganghou (Chinese: 闵刚侯; 1904 – August 18, 1971) was a Chinese lawyer, jurist, and politician. Born in Beicai Town in Nanhui County, Jiangsu (now part of Shanghai), he was educated in law at Soochow University and later pursued further legal studies in Japan at Kyushu University. During the Second Sino-Japanese War he participated in patriotic and democratic movements associated with the China National Salvation Association. After the war he joined the China Democratic League and later the Chinese Communist Party. Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he served as Secretary-General of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China and later as Vice Minister of Justice. He was also a delegate to the National People's Congress and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[1]
Biography
Min Ganghou was born in 1904 in Beicai Town, Nanhui County, Jiangsu Province, an area that is now part of Shanghai. He received higher education in law and graduated in 1932 from the law department of Soochow University. The following year he went to Japan to continue his studies at Kyushu Imperial University, where he specialized in legal studies.[2]
After returning to China, Min began practicing law in Shanghai in 1937. In the same year he joined the China National Salvation Association, an organization that brought together intellectuals and political activists advocating resistance against Japanese aggression. He was elected to the association's standing committee and became involved in its public advocacy and organizational work.[3]
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Min relocated to Chongqing, which served as the wartime capital of the Republic of China. There he continued to participate in the work of the National Salvation movement. During this period he also served as deputy director of the Chongqing Wartime Book and Periodical Supply Office and later taught as a professor at Chaoyang University.[4]
After the end of the war in 1945, Min returned to Shanghai and resumed his legal practice. In the same year he joined the China Democratic League and became a member of the East China Executive Committee of the organization. As a democratic activist he participated in political efforts advocating constitutional government and political reform during the final years of the Chinese Civil War.[5]
In 1949 Min traveled to Beijing to attend the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, which laid the institutional foundation for the new state. On October 1 of the same year he was present at the proclamation ceremony of the People's Republic of China in Tiananmen Square.[6]
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Min held several important posts in the national judicial and political system. He served as Secretary-General of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China and later as Vice Minister of Justice.[7] Within the China Democratic League he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Third Central Committee, as head of the Organization Department, and as Secretary-General.[8]
Min was also active in national representative bodies.[9] He served as a delegate to the first and second sessions of the National People's Congress, as a member of the second Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and as a standing member of the third and fourth CPPCC National Committees.[10]
Min Ganghou died of illness on August 18, 1971.[11]
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- ^ 中囯民主党派上海市地方組织志 (in Chinese). 上海社会科學院出版社. 1998. p. 24. ISBN 978-7-80618-505-6. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- ^ 新中国司法行政大典 (in Chinese). 中国方正出版社. 2001. ISBN 978-7-80107-490-4. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- ^ 徐家力; 吴运浩 (2000). 中国律师制度史 (in Chinese). 中国政法大学出版社. p. 168. ISBN 978-7-5620-2000-4. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- ^ 中国抗日战争人物大辞典 (in Chinese). 天津大学出版社. 1999. p. 286. ISBN 978-7-5618-1102-3. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- ^ 辛亥以来人物年里录 (in Chinese). 江苏教育出版社. 1994. p. 322. ISBN 978-7-5343-2076-7. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- ^ 郑福林 (1988). 中國革命和建设历史時期人物辞典 (in Chinese). 吉林人民出版社. p. 330. ISBN 978-7-206-00083-6. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- ^ 中国民主同盟卷 (in Chinese). 河北人民出版社. 2001. p. 546. ISBN 978-7-202-02483-6. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- ^ 新中国司法行政大典 (in Chinese). 中国方正出版社. 2001. p. 1312. ISBN 978-7-80107-490-4. Retrieved 2026-03-12.