China on Tuesday sacked its Finance Minister, and Science and Technology Minister, along with its Defence Minister, without any reasons, in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle.
The Chinese government removed Finance Minister Liu Kun and appointed Lan Fo’an in his place, news agency PTI reported.
Before Lan was appointed to the post, he was the Communist Party chief of the finance ministry in late September.
Another official announcement said the National People’s Congress, China’s rubber-stamp Parliament, removed Minister of Science and Technology, Wang Zhigang, and appointed Yin Hejun in his place. It was not known why Wang was removed from his post.
Wang served as the Deputy Minister of Science and Technology since July 2012 and became the Minister of Science and Technology in March 2018.
China also removed Defence Minister General Li Shangfu without any reasons given. Li was not seen in public for almost two months. His replacement has not been announced yet.
Li is the second senior Chinese official to “disappear” this year, following former Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who was removed from office in July with no explanation offered.
Li, who became the Defence Minister during a Cabinet reshuffle in March, last gave a speech on August 29. Since then, he has not been seen publicly.
