Zhang Lichang Explained

Zhang Lichang
张立昌
Office5:Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin
Term Start5:22 August 1997
Term End5:25 March 2007
Predecessor5:Nie Bichu
Successor5:Zhang Gaoli
Office6:Mayor of Tianjin
Term Start6:20 June 1993
Term End6:30 May 1998
Predecessor6:Nie Bichu
Successor6:Li Shenglin
Birth Date:16 July 1939
Birth Place:Nanpi County, Hebei
Death Date:10 January 2008 (aged 68)
Death Place:Tianjin
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Tianjin Metallurgical Vocation-Technology Institute

Zhang Lichang (16 July 1939 – 10 January 2008) was a Chinese politician. He was a member of the 16th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, and the Communist Party Secretary of Tianjin.[1]

Zhang was born in July 1939, in Nanpi County, Hebei. He joined the Communist Youth League of China in April 1955, and began working in May 1958. He rose through a number of positions in Tianjin city government, before becoming mayor and Vice-Party Chief in June 1993. He was elevated to the position of Tianjin Communist Party Secretary in August 1997, and to the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2002. He died following an illness on 10 January 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/16/content_7433360.htm . https://web.archive.org/web/20080119172235/http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-01/16/content_7433360.htm . dead . January 19, 2008 . zh:张立昌同志生平 . . January 16, 2008 . July 8, 2012 . zh.