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.