Zhang Dejiang | |
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张德江 | |
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9th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
In office 14 March 2013 – 17 March 2018 | |
Deputy | Li Jianguo |
Leader | Xi Jinping |
Preceded by | Wu Bangguo |
Succeeded by | Li Zhanshu |
Vice Premier of China | |
In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 | |
Premier | Wen Jiabao |
Communist Party Secretary of Chongqing | |
In office 15 March 2012 – 20 November 2012 | |
Deputy | Huang Qifan (Mayor) |
Preceded by | Bo Xilai |
Succeeded by | Sun Zhengcai |
Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong | |
In office 24 December 2002 – 1 December 2007 | |
Deputy | Lu Ruihua (Governor) Huang Huahua |
Preceded by | Li Changchun |
Succeeded by | Wang Yang |
Communist Party Secretary of Zhejiang | |
In office 16 September 1998 – 24 December 2002 | |
Deputy | Chai Songyue (Governor) Xi Jinping |
Preceded by | Li Zemin |
Succeeded by | Xi Jinping |
Communist Party Secretary of Jilin | |
In office 6 June 1995 – 16 September 1998 | |
Deputy | Wang Yunkun (Governor) |
Preceded by | He Zhukang |
Succeeded by | Wang Yunkun |
Personal details | |
Born | Tai'an County, Liaoning, Republic of China | 4 November 1946
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma mater | Yanbian University Kim Il Sung University |
Website | www.gov.cn |
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Simplified Chinese | 张德江 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張德江 | ||||||||
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Zhang Dejiang (/dʒɑːŋ dəˈdʒjɑːŋ/;[1] born 4 November 1946) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress between 2013 and 2018. He was also the third-ranking member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from 2012 to 2017.
Zhang successively served as the Party Secretary of the provinces of Jilin and Zhejiang from 1995 to 2002. That year, he was promoted to the CCP Politburo and was appointed as the Party Secretary of Guangdong. During his tenure, the SARS outbreak began in Guangdong. From 2008 to 2013, he served as vice premier in charge of energy, telecommunications, and transportation under Premier Wen Jiabao, widely known for being Wen's 'troubleshooter' of choice, leading various disaster response task forces, such as during the 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion and the 2011 Wenzhou train collision. In March 2012, Zhang briefly replaced Bo Xilai as the party secretary of Chongqing, who was removed due to a political scandal.
In 2013, he was promoted to become the third-ranking member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee. He also became the deputy head of the National Security Commission and the top official responsible for Hong Kong and Macau affairs. He was appointed as the chairman of the NPCSC in 2013. In 2017, Zhang retired from the Politburo Standing Committee, and was succeeded by Li Zhanshu as NPCSC chair in 2018.