Chen Yixin

Chen Yixin
陈一新
Chen in 2021
6th Minister of State Security
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 October 2022
Premier	Li Keqiang Li Qiang
Preceded by	Chen Wenqing
Secretary-General of Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission
In office March 2018 – March 2023
Secretary	Guo Shengkun Chen Wenqing
Preceded by	Wang Yongqing
Succeeded by	Yin Bai [zh]
Personal details
Born	(1959-09-01) 1 September 1959 (age 65) Taishun County, Zhejiang, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Education	Lishui Teacher's College Zhejiang Provincial Party School

Chen Yixin (Chinese: 陈一新; born 1 September 1959) is a Chinese politician who is the current Minister of State Security.

Born in Taishun County, Zhejiang, Chen gained political prominence working in his home province. In 2015, he was appointed as the deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reforms, working there until 2016. In 2017, he became the Communist Party Secretary of Wuhan, working in that capacity until 2018, when he was appointed as the Secretary-General of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission. He was appointed as the Minister of State Security in 2022.