Linghu An

Linghu An (; born October 1946) is a Chinese politician who served as the party secretary of Yunnan from 1997 to 2001 and chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1998 to 2001.

He was a representative of the 15th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 15th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography Linghu was born in Zhaowuda League (now Chifeng), Inner Mongolia, in October 1946, while his ancestral home in Pinglu County, Shanxi. In 1965, he entered Beijing Institute of Technology, majoring in infrared ray. After graduating in 1970, he was assigned to Dalian Qianjin Machinery Factory, and worked there until 1977.

He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in December 1965, and got involved in politics in August 1977, when he was appointed an official in the Dalian Machinery Industry Bureau. He also served as chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference between January 1998 and October 2001.

In October 2001, he was chosen as deputy head of the National Audit Office and became a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in October 2007. In March 2013, he took office as vice chairperson of the National People's Congress Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee.

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