Zhang Xuezhong (politician)

Zhang Xuezhong
张学忠
Communist Party Secretary of Sichuan
In office
5 December 2002 – 3 December 2006
Preceded byZhou Yongkang
Succeeded byDu Qinglin
Personal details
BornFebruary 1943 (age 81)
Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materNorthwest Normal University, Lanzhou University Central Party School
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese张学忠
Traditional Chinese張學忠
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Xuézhōng

Zhang Xuezhong (Chinese: 张学忠; born February 1943) is a Chinese politician and a deputy to the National People's Congress. He has held important party positions in the provinces including the vice-governor of Gansu and the Party Committee Secretary of Sichuan Province. He has also held the post of the Minister of Human Resources and Social Security in the central government. Zhang is considered an ally of the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Hu Jintao.