Zhang Zhen (general)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Zhen
张震
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
18 October 1992 – 18 September 1997
ChairmanJiang Zemin
Head of the PLA General Logistics Department
In office
February 1978 – January 1980
Preceded byZhang Zongxun
Succeeded byHong Xuezhi
Head of the PLA General Staff Operations Department
In office
March 1952 – December 1954
Preceded byLi Tao
Succeeded byWang Shangrong
Personal details
Born(1914-10-05)5 October 1914
Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, Republic of China
Died3 September 2015(2015-09-03) (aged 100)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service
Years of service1930–1998
Rank General
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
Awards
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese张震
Traditional Chinese張震
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Zhèn

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.

Biography

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]

Children

  • Zhang Xiaoyang, major general, former Dean of PLA University of Foreign Language
  • Zhang Lianyang, major general, former Director of Military Representative Office of People's Liberation Army General Staff Department
  • Zhang Haiyang, general, former political commissar of the PLA Second Artillery Corps
  • Zhang Ningyang, major general, former vice minister of Military Transportation Department of the PLA General Logistics Department

References

  1. ^ "张震将军："我既是平远人，也是平江人"". Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  2. ^ 上将"张震100岁生日岳阳平江父老乡亲齐祝寿 (in Chinese). 岳阳网. 2014-10-06. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
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Military offices
Preceded by
Li Tao
 Head of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Operations Department
1952–1954 		Succeeded by
Wang Shangrong
Preceded by Head of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department
1978–1980 		Succeeded by
Academic offices
New title President of the PLA National Defense University
1985–1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Political Commissar of the PLA National Defense University
1990–1992 		Succeeded by