In 1983, at the first session of the Sixth National People's Congress, the former Ministry of Investigation as a whole, part of the Political Protection Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, some units of the United Front Work Department, and some units of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense were merged to form the Ministry of State Security. After the establishment of the Ministry of State Security, Ling Yun became the first minister, after Ling Yun, Jia Chunwang and Xu Yongyue successively took up the posts of Minister of State Security, and today we are going to talk about the third minister of the Ministry of State Security, whose name is Xu Yongyue. So, what is the story of Xu Yongyue?"
Xu Yongyue was born in 1942, a native of Zhenping County, Henan, born in a revolutionary family, in the early years, Xu Yongyue studied at the Beijing Municipal People's Public Security School, and after graduation, because of his excellent performance, Xu Yongyue stayed in the Beijing Municipal People's Public Security School and became a secretary. After that, Xu Yongyue successively entered the General Office of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the General Office of the Ministry of Education, the General Office of the Ministry of Culture, etc. as secretaries, and became a full party member in 1972.
1983 was a very important year for Xu Yongyue, when he was transferred to Chen Yun's office and became Chen Yun's political secretary. As everyone knows, Chen Yun began to participate in revolutionary activities during the period of the Great Revolution, participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign in the central base areas and the famous 25,000-mile Long March, did a great deal of work for our party and national liberation during the Period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and served as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and chairman of the Central Consultative Committee after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
At Chen Yun's side, Xu Yongyue not only served as political secretary, but also served as the head of Chen Yun's office, and in 1987, Xu Yongyue was promoted to deputy secretary general of the Central Advisory Commission. During that period, he learned a lot of knowledge from Chen Yun, especially the knowledge related to materialistic dialectics that Chen Yun told him, which benefited Xu Yongyue a lot and laid the foundation for him to embark on a leadership position in the future.
In 1993, Xu Yongyue was transferred to Hebei and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee, and at the same time served as the secretary of the Hebei Provincial Political and Legal Committee, and began to formally enter the field of political science and law. In 1994, at the age of 52, Xu Yongyue was appointed deputy secretary of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and became a vice ministerial-level official, and until 1998, Xu Yongyue worked in Hebei Province, focusing on Hebei's political and legal system, creating good conditions for the stability of the lives of ordinary people in Hebei.
In fact, according to Xu Yongyue's own recollection, when he first arrived in Hebei Province, he was in contact with the actual work in the province for the first time, and he suddenly felt that the work in the province was inextricably linked, and he also deeply felt that his ability was insufficient, and he was not adapted in many aspects, especially in the face of practical problems such as land acquisition and demolition, resettlement and other practical problems, and lacked experience in handling. However, Xu Yongyue was not afraid of difficulties, he personally did his own work, went deep into the front line to understand the situation, handled problems with cadres in cities, counties and townships, and took root in grass-roots training; after several years of study, Xu Yongyue made remarkable progress, handled problems with ease, and became an outstanding political and legal worker and local worker.
In 1998, at the age of 56, Xu Yongyue succeeded Jia Chunwang and was appointed Minister of State Security, while he also became the third minister of the Ministry of State Security. Xu Yongyue served as minister of state security for a total of nine years until he stepped down as minister of state security in 2007, during which time he did a lot of work in political defense, promoting the development and progress of defense work and counter-espionage.
In 2007, Xu Yongyue stepped down as Minister of State Security, and since then he has served as vice chairman of the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress, continuing to use his rich experience to guide the construction and development of the motherland. Now Xu Yongyue is eighty years old, and in his later years he mainly lived in Beijing, living a plain life and wishing him good health.