Zhang Dejiang
| Zhang Dejiang | |
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| 张德江 | |
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| Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress | |
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Assumed office 14 March 2013 |
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| Deputy | Li Jianguo |
| Preceded by | Wu Bangguo |
| Vice-Chairman of the National Security Commission | |
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Assumed office 25 January 2014 Serving with Li Keqiang |
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| Leader | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China | |
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In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 Serving with Li Keqiang Hui Liangyu, Wang Qishan |
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| Premier | Wen Jiabao |
| CPC Chongqing Committee Secretary | |
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In office 16 March 2012 – 20 November 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Bo Xilai |
| Succeeded by | Sun Zhengcai |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 November 1946 Tai'an County, Liaoning |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
| Alma mater |
Yanbian University Kim Il-sung University |
| Zhang Dejiang | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张德江 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 張德江 | ||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Déjiāng |
| IPA | [ʈʂáŋ tɤ̌.tɕi̯áŋ] |
Zhang Dejiang (born 4 November 1946) is a Chinese politician and a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of China. He currently serves as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, roughly the equivalent of a speaker of parliament in other countries. He is also a 3rd-ranked member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy head of the National Security Commission and the top official responsible for Hong Kong and Macau affairs.
Zhang has extensive regional governance experience unmatched by his Standing Committee contemporaries. He has successively served as the Party Secretary of the provinces of Jilin, Zhejiang and Guangdong. The SARS outbreak began in Guangdong and occurred during Zhang's term as the provincial party chief there. 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 replaced Bo Xilai as the party secretary of Chongqing.
Zhang also held a seat on the 25-member Politburo of the Communist Party of China since 2002. After serving two terms on the body, Zhang was promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee at the 18th Party Congress in 2012.
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