Zhang Chunxian
Zhang Chunxian | |
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张春贤 | |
Communist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region | |
Assumed office April 2010 | |
Deputy |
Nur Bekri (2010 – 2014) Shohrat Zakir (2014 –) |
Preceded by | Wang Lequan |
Personal details | |
Born |
May 1953 (age 62–63) Yuzhou, Henan, China |
Nationality | Chinese |
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Zhang Chunxian | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张春贤 | ||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 張春賢 | ||||||
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Zhang Chunxian (born May 1953) is a Chinese politician and a current member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China. Since 2010 he has served as the Communist Party Secretary for the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. From 2005 to 2010 he was the Party Secretary of Hunan Province.
Life and career
Originally from Yuzhou, Henan province, Zhang served as deputy minister, and later minister, of the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2005. In 2005, he became the Communist Party secretary of Hunan province. In 2006, Zhang simultaneously took on the role of chairman of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress. Zhang replaced Wang Lequan as secretary of the Communist Party of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in April 2010[1] and was replaced by Zhou Qiang in his role as secretary of the Communist Party and chairman of the provincial People's Congress.[2] Zhang was credited with bringing bus rapid transit (BRT) to Urumqi's major thoroughfares, and the construction of the Xinjiang International Convention Centre.[3]
He has been a member of the 16th, 17th and 18th Central Committees. He was elected to the 18th Politburo of the Communist Party of China in 2012.
Zhang is known for his use of a popular microblog service supported by Tencent, which spiked in usage during the 2011 National People's Congress. He is the highest-ranking official in China to maintain a microblog.[4]
Zhang is a potential candidate for ascension to the Politburo Standing Committee at the 19th Party Congress in 2017, however this is considered unlikely.[5]
References
- ↑ "China changes Xinjiang party boss". BBC News. 2010-04-24.
- ↑ http://www.enghunan.gov.cn/wwwHome/201004/t20100425_204963.htm
- ↑ "乌鲁木齐蓝天何来:半年做了15年没完成的事情". Xinhua. June 22, 2015.
- ↑ "张春贤开微博 被称为微博史上最高级别官员". 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ↑ "十九大常委人事大推测,天王卡位战激烈预热(图)". Sina. July 15, 2013.
External links
- (Chinese) Biography of Zhang Chunxian, Xinhuanet
- Biopgraphy of Zhang Chunxian, Xinhuanet
- Zhang Chunxian's microblog
Government offices | ||
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Preceded by Huang Zhendong |
Minister of Transport of the People's Republic of China 2002-2005 |
Succeeded by Li Shenglin |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Yang Zhengwu |
Secretary of the Hunan CPC Committee 2005 – 2010 |
Succeeded by Zhou Qiang |
Chairman of Hunan People's Congress Standing Committee 2006 – 2010 | ||
Preceded by Wang Lequan |
Communist Party Secretary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 2010 – present |
Incumbent |
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