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Meng Hongwei

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Meng Hongwei (simplified Chinese: 孟宏伟; traditional Chinese: 孟宏偉; pinyin: Mèng Hóngwěi; born November 1953) is a former Chinese politician and police officer who was the president of Interpol from 2016 to 2018. He also served as vice-minister of Public Security in China from 2004 to 2018. Meng purportedly resigned in absentia in October 2018 via Chinese officials after he was secretly detained and accused of taking bribes by Chinese anti-corruption authorities. On 21 January 2020, Meng had been sentenced to 13+1⁄2 years in jail by a Chinese court for bribery during his time at the Chinese coast guard and Ministry of Public Security. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meng Hongwei is the 12,030th most popular politician (down from 11,771st in 2019), the 757th most popular biography from China (up from 784th in 2019) and the 393rd most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Meng Hongwei ranks 12,030 out of 19,576. Before him are Pietro Loredan, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Setthathirath, Rashid Karami, Ibrahim Nasir, and Ali Mohammed Ghedi. After him are Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, Margaret Taylor, Gerolf of Holland, Ham Lin̄i, Hermann von Stein, and Mike Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Meng Hongwei ranks 205. Before him are René Vandereycken, Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, Jane Badler, Zoran Janković, Carole André, and Steven Zaillian. After him are Dieter Hoeneß, Howard Schultz, Graeme Souness, Marlene Dumas, Artūras Paulauskas, and Brigi Rafini.

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In China

Among people born in China, Meng Hongwei ranks 757 out of 1,610. Before him are Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929), Witness Lee (1905), Wan Li (1916), Zhang Qun (1889), Sun Chuanfang (1885), and Fang Lizhi (1936). After him are Dai Jin (1388), Huang Zongxi (1610), Huang Fu (1883), Nie Er (1912), Wei Jingsheng (1950), and Ehmetjan Qasim (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Meng Hongwei ranks 393. Before him are Ulanhu (1906), Wu Bangguo (1941), Zhang Gaoli (1946), Pei Xiu (224), Wan Li (1916), and Zhang Qun (1889). After him are Huang Fu (1883), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), Nicholas Poppe (1897), Xu Xiangqian (1901), Deng Sui (81), and Rong Yiren (1916).

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