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Zhang Dejiang
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Zhang Dejiang is a Chinese politician, born in Tai'an County on 4 November 1946. He is a member of the Chinese Communist Party, holds a communist political ideology with a far-left political alignment, and identifies with atheism. He was educated at Kim Il-sung University.
He has held the positions of Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, and received the Order of Friendship.
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Key facts
- Vice chairpersons
- See list Li Jianguo Wang Shengjun Chen Changzhi Yan Junqi Wang Chen Shen Yueyue Ji Bingxuan Zhang Ping Qiangba Puncog Arken Imirbaki Wan Exiang Zhang Baowen Chen Zhu
- Secretary general
- Wang Chen
- Preceded by
- Wu Bangguo
- Succeeded by
- Li Zhanshu
- Premier
- Wen Jiabao
- Deputy
- Huang Qifan (Mayor)
- Born
- ( 1946-11-04 ) 4 November 1946 (age 79) , Tai'an County, Liaoning , Republic of China
- Party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Alma mater
- Yanbian University , Kim Il Sung University
- Website
- www.gov.cn
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Zhang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Tai'an County
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Kim Il-sung University
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- atheism
- Award
- Order of Friendship
- Image
- Zhang Dejiang in May.2014.jpg
- Political ideology
- communism
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- date of birth
- 1946-11-04
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- political alignment
- far-left politics
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Encyclopedic overview
Zhang Dejiang (/dʒɑːŋ dəˈdʒjɑːŋ/; 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.
Born in Tai'an County, Liaoning, Zhang attended Yanbian University and Kim Il Sung University. Entering politics in 1983, he served as the deputy party secretary of the Yanji from 1983 to 1985 and the deputy party secretary of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture from 1985 to 1986, when he became a vice minister of Civil Affairs. In 1990, he became the Party Secretary of Yanbian. In 1995, he was appointed as the Party Secretary of Jilin, serving there until 1998. In that year, he became the Party Secretary of Zhejiang, where he served until 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.
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