Cui Naifu
崔乃夫
Minister of Civil Affairs
In office May 1982 – March 1993
Premier	Zhao Ziyang Li Peng
Preceded by	Cheng Zihua
Succeeded by	Doje Cering
Personal details
Born	(1928-10-08)8 October 1928 Changping County, Hebei, China
Died	4 April 2023(2023-04-04) (aged 94) Beijing, China
Political party	CCP
Alma mater	University of China and France [zh] North China Revolutionary University

Cui Naifu (Chinese: 崔乃夫; pinyin: Cuī Nǎifū; 8 October 1928 – 4 April 2023) was a Chinese politician who served as minister of civil affairs from 1982 to 1993.

Cui was a member of the 12th, 13th, and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Cui was born in Changping County (now Changping District of Beijing), Hebei, on 8 October 1928.^[1] He studied at the University of China and France [zh] and North China Revolutionary University. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1948.

After founding of the Communist State in 1949, he successively served as secretary for the Party Chief of the CCP Shanxi Provincial Committee, director of the National Commission for Sales Cooperation, head of the Publicity Department of the CCP Lanzhou University Committee, and deputy party secretary of Lanzhou University.

In 1978, he became vice minister of civil affairs, rising to minister in 1982.^[2]

Cui died on 4 April 2023, at the age of 94.^[3]

Works

• 民政工作的实践 [Practice of Civil Affairs] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Society Press. 1993. ISBN 9787800883743.

• 中国民政词典 [Civil Affairs Dictionary of China] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House. 1990. ISBN 7-5326-0141-2.

• Cui, Naifu, ed. (1998). 中华人民共和国地名大词典（第一卷） [A Dictionary of Geographical Names of the People's Republic of China (Volume I)]. Beijing: Commercial Press. ISBN 9787100018364.

• Cui, Naifu, ed. (1999). 中华人民共和国地名大词典（第二卷） [A Dictionary of Geographical Names of the People's Republic of China (Volume II)]. Beijing: Commercial Press. ISBN 9787100023252.