Zhang Hongbing
Zhang Hongbing | |||||||
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张红兵 | |||||||
| Political Commissar of the People's Armed Police | |||||||
| In office January 2022 – December 2025 | |||||||
| Preceded by | An Zhaoqing | ||||||
| Succeeded by | TBA | ||||||
| Political Commissar of the Eastern Theater Command Ground Force | |||||||
| In office December 2019 – January 2022 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Liao Keduo | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Tang Xinghua | ||||||
| Political Commissar of the 76th Group Army | |||||||
| In office March 2017 – December 2019 | |||||||
| Preceded by | New title | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Vacant | ||||||
| Director of Political Department of the 20th Group Army | |||||||
| In office 2014–2017 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Xue Jun | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | January 1966 (age 60) | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Rank | General | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張紅兵 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张红兵 | ||||||
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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]
Downfall
On December 27, 2025, the Armed Police Force Military Congress decided to remove Zhang Hongbing from his post as a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress.[5]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 第76集团军军政主官亮相：范承才任军长，张红兵任政委. The Paper (in Chinese). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. Xinhua (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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