Zhang Yang (August 1951 - November 23 | November 2017), Colonel General of the People's Republic of China (2010), member of the Chinese Central Command (CPC / People's Republic of China from 2012/2013 to 2017).
| Zhang Yang | |
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| Chinese 张 阳 | |
| Date of Birth | |
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| Affiliation |  China |
| Type of army | land |
| Years of service | 1968-2017 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Part | Political Department of the Central Military Council |
| Commanded | PLA Guangzhou Military District |
Member of the CPC since 1969, member of the CPC Central Committee of 17-18 convocations (since 2007). Member of the NPC of the 10th and 12th convocations (2003-2008, 2013-2017).
Biography
By ethnicity hanets . In the ranks of the PLA since 1968.
He graduated from the basic faculty of the National University of Defense of the PLA, also studied at a party school under the Central Committee of the CPC in the specialty of administrative management.
Dec. From 2004 to September 2007, the head of the political department and a member of the post-committee of the party committee, from September 2007, the political commissar of the Guangzhou Military District.
Since October 2012, Head of the PLA Main Political Directorate.
As Kommersant-Vlast magazine noted, his appointment to the position of PLA chief political officer was unexpected for observers [1] .
In August 2017, he resigned from the post of Chief Political Leader and was not elected as a representative of the XIX Congress of the CCP .
On November 23, 2017, he committed suicide in his apartment due to corruption charges. According to official PLA reports, a check against Zhang Yang began in August 2017, after he resigned. The result of the audit showed that Zhang was closely connected with the former vice-chairmen of the TsVS Guo Bosyun (in custody) and Xu Tsaihou (he died in 2015 during the investigation). Zhang Yang is allowed to live in his apartment during the investigation, during which he killed himself. China's CEV sharply condemned the suicide of Zhang Yang as an attempt to evade punishment, which, however, would not cause the investigation of the criminal case against him to cease [2] .
Colonel General (July 2010), Lieutenant General (July 2006), Major General (2001).
Notes
- ↑ Svargaman. Who rules China? . QUESTION (January 4, 2014). Date of treatment January 10, 2014.
- ↑ Ekaterina Bolgova . In China, the general committed suicide due to allegations of corruption (Russian) , Komsomolskaya Pravda (November 28, 2017). Date of treatment November 29, 2017.
Links
- China Vitae (English)