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Zhang Zhen (Chinese: 张震; pinyin: Zhāng Zhèn; 5 October 1914 – 3 September 2015) was a general of the People's Liberation Army of China and a member of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||
In office 18 October 1992 – 18 September 1997 | |||||||
Chairman | Jiang Zemin | ||||||
Head of the PLA General Logistics Department | |||||||
In office February 1978 – January 1980 | |||||||
Preceded by | Zhang Zongxun | ||||||
Succeeded by | Hong Xuezhi | ||||||
Head of the PLA General Staff Operations Department | |||||||
In office March 1952 – December 1954 | |||||||
Preceded by | Li Tao | ||||||
Succeeded by | Wang Shangrong | ||||||
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Born | Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, Republic of China | 5 October 1914||||||
Died | 3 September 2015 100) (aged Beijing, China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Military service | |||||||
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Years of service | 1930–1998 | ||||||
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Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War Korean War | ||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张震 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張震 | ||||||
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Zhang was born in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, with Hakka ancestry from Pingyuan County, Guangdong Province.[1] His original name was Zhang Jiansheng (Chinese: 张见生), also named as Zhang Zushou (Chinese: 张祖寿), Zhang Zhongtian (Chinese: 张中天). He joined the Communist Youth League in April 1930, and the Chinese Communist Party that summer.
From 1957–66, Zhang was vice president, and later president of PLA Nanjing Military Academy. Purged during the Cultural Revolution, he was rehabilitated in 1975 and appointed vice director, and later director of the PLA General Logistics Department, and a member of the CCP Central Military Commission. From 1980–85, he was the vice chief of staff in PLA General Staff Department. From 1985–90, he served as the president of National Defense University.
In 1990, Zhang became president, political commissar and CCP chief of the PLA National Defense University. He was an alternate member of the 11th CCP central committee, and a full member of the 12th CCP central committee. He celebrated his 100th birthday in October 2014 and died on September 3, 2015, just over a month before his 101st birthday.[2]
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