Zhang Zhijian

Zhang Zhijian
Zhang Zhijian
张志坚
Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region
	In office; December 1993 – May 1999
Preceded by	Zhang Gong
Succeeded by	Yang Deqing
Commander of the PLA Beijing Garrison
	In office; November 1992 – December 1993
Preceded by	Dong Xuelin [zh]
Succeeded by	He Daoquan [zh]
Personal details
Born	May 1934 (age 90); Wenxi County, Shanxi, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Alma mater	People's Volunteer Army Staff School [zh]
Military service
Allegiance	People's Republic of China
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1951–1999
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Korean War
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	张志坚
Traditional Chinese	張志堅
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Zhìjiān

Zhang Zhijian (born May 1934) is a general (shangjiang) of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China.

Biography

Zhang was born in 1934 in Wenxi, Shanxi. He joined the PLA in 1951. In 1992 he became the Deputy Commander of the Beijing Military Region, and later served as Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region. He attained the rank of major general in 1988, lieutenant general in 1990, and full general in 1998.^[1]

Military offices
Preceded by Dong Xuelin [zh]	Commander of the PLA Beijing Garrison 1992–1993	Succeeded by He Daoquan [zh]
Preceded by Zhang Gong	Political Commissar of the Chengdu Military Region 1993–1999	Succeeded by Yang Deqing

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