Zhang Hongbing

Chinese general
张红兵
Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2022Preceded byAn ZhaoqingPolitical Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Ground ForceIn office
December 2019 – January 2022Preceded byLiao Keduo [zh]Succeeded byTBAPolitical Commissar of the 76th Group ArmyIn office
March 2017 – December 2019Preceded byNew titleSucceeded byVacantDirector of Political Department of the 20th Group ArmyIn office
2014–2017Preceded byXue JunSucceeded byPosition abolished Personal detailsBornJanuary 1966 (age 58)
Xianning, Hubei, ChinaPolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaMilitary serviceAllegiance People's Republic of ChinaBranch/service People's Liberation Army Ground ForceRank GeneralChinese nameTraditional Chinese張紅兵Simplified Chinese张红兵
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Hóngbīng

Zhang Hongbing (Chinese: 张红兵; born January 1966) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He served as Political Commissar of the 76th Group Army from March 2017 to December 2019. Previously he served as Director of Political Department of the 20th Group Army from 2014 to 2017.

Biography

Zhang was born in Xianning, Hubei. He was Director of Political Department of the 20th Group Army in 2014, and held that office until 2017.[1] In March 2017 he was promoted to become the Political Commissar of the 76th Group Army, a position he held until December 2019.[2]

On December 10, 2019, he was awarded the military rank of lieutenant general (zhongjiang) by Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping.[3] In December 2019, he was appointed political commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force, replacing Liao Keduo. In January 2022, he was appointed Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police and was promoted to the rank of general (shangjiang).[4]

References

  1. ^ 第20集团军人事再调整 张红兵接任政治部主任. Sohu (in Chinese). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ^ 第76集团军军政主官亮相:范承才任军长,张红兵任政委. thepaper (in Chinese). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ Song Guoqing (宋国庆); Li Xiaojing (李晓婧) (11 December 2019). 刘发庆、黄铭等6名陆军军官晋升中将军衔. Beijing News (in Chinese). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ Mei Changwei (梅常伟) (21 January 2022). 中央军委举行晋升上将军衔警衔仪式 习近平颁发命令状并向晋衔的军官警官表示祝贺. news.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Military offices
Preceded by
Xue Jun (薛君)
Director of Political Department of the 20th Group Army
2014–2017
Succeeded by
Position abolished
New title Political Commissar of the 76th Group Army
2017–2019
Succeeded by
Vacant
Preceded by
Liao Keduo [zh]
Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force
2019–2022
Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police
2022–present
Incumbent
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