Liu Mingzu, male, Han nationality, is a native of Weihai City, Shandong Province. Liu was born in 1936, graduated from junior college and joined the CPC in 1959.
Liu held several Party leadership positions in Shandong Province at the municipal, county and prefectural levels. In 1988, he was transferred to Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where he was named deputy secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. He was transferred again in 1994 to serve as secretary the CPC Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Committee. In 1998, he became chairman of the standing committee of the 9th Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional People's Congress.
Liu was a delegate to the 12th and 13th CPC National Congresses, an alternate member of the 14th CPC Central Committee, a deputy to the 8th and 9th NPC and a member of the 15th CPC Central Committee.