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Place of Birth: Tai'an County, Liaoning, China
About Zhang Dejiang
- Zhang Dejiang (; born 4 November 1946) is a retired Chinese politician.
- He served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress, roughly the equivalent of a speaker of parliament in other countries between 2013 and 2018.
- He was also a 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 senior leaders of his generation.
- He 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 held a seat on the 25-member Politburo of the Communist Party of China between 2002 and 2017.
- 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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