Zhang Shengmin
Zhang Shengmin | |
|---|---|
Trương thăng dân | |
| Secretary of theCommission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission | |
| Assumed office January 2017 | |
| CMC Chairman | Xi Jinping |
| Preceded by | Du Jincai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1958 (age 66) Wugong County,Shaanxi,China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Chinese Communist Party People's Republic of China |
| Branch/service |  PLA Rocket Force PLA Ground Force |
| Years of service | 1978–present |
| Rank |  General |
| Commands | Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission |
Zhang Shengmin(Chinese:Trương thăng dân;born February 1958) is a general of the ChinesePeople's Liberation Army Rocket Force.He is a member of theCentral Military Commission(CMC) and Secretary of theCMC Commission for Discipline Inspection.He is also aDeputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection,the topanti-corruption agencyof China.
Career
[edit]Zhang Shengmin was born in 1958; hisancestral homeis inWugong County,ShaanxiProvince.[1]
Zhang Shengmin spent most his career as apolitical commissarin the Second Artillery Force (now thePeople's Liberation Army Rocket Force).[2]He served as Political Commissar of the Second Artillery Force Command Academy, and then of a missile base of the Second Artillery Force.[1]
In 2010, when he was posted at a military base in Northwest China, he led more than 1,000 troops in the reconstruction work immediately after the2010 Yushu earthquakeinQinghaiProvince. His unit helped to build emergency living quarters for the monks at the Changu Monastery (Thiền cổ chùa), the largestKagyuTibetan Buddhist temple inYushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.[1]
In January 2017, Zhang was appointed Secretary ofCommission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission.He replaced GeneralDu Jincai,who was closely associated with the former CMC vice-chairmenGuo BoxiongandXu Caihou,both of whom had been investigated for corruption.[2]
During the19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Partyin October 2017, Zhang was elected a member of the19th Central Committee.He was also made one of the four members of theCentral Military Commissionand one of the eight deputy secretaries of theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection,which is in charge of investigating corruption by Communist Party members.[3][4]A week later, on 2 November 2017, Zhang was promoted to the rank of general (shang gian g) by CMC chairmanXi Jinping.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abc"Lý lịch bất phàm tân tấn thượng tướng hai năm tam lí tân từng là" đánh hổ can tướng "Lưu nguyên kế nhiệm giả".CCTV(in Chinese). 2017-11-03.
- ^abZi Yang (2017-09-23)."Rocket Force gaining power in China's army-dominated PLA".Asia Times.
- ^"Trung Quốc Đảng Cộng Sản thứ 19 giới trung ương ủy ban lần đầu tiên toàn thể hội nghị công báo".Xinhua(in Chinese). 25 October 2017.
- ^"Zhang Shengmin".China Vitae.Retrieved14 November2017.
- ^"Tập Cận Bình hướng tân tấn thượng tướng trương thăng dân ban mệnh lệnh trạng".Phoenix Media(in Chinese). 2017-11-02.
Generals and admiralsof the People's Republic of China in active service | ||
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| Ground Force and Strategic Support Force |  | |
| Navy* | ||
| Air Force | ||
| Rocket Force | ||
| Armed Police Force | ||
*Although navyshang gian gis officially translated as "admiral", there is no distinction between "general" and "admiral" in Chinese. | ||
- 1958 births
- Living people
- People's Liberation Army generals from Shaanxi
- People of Central Military Commission (China)
- Members of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress
- Delegates to the 14th National People's Congress
- Members of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party