Huang Zhendong (; born 1941) is a former Chinese politician who served as
Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary
A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...
of
Chongqing
ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...
, and prior to that, the
Minister of Transport.
Huang was born in
Dafeng
Dafeng District () is a coastal district in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, China. Located on the Jiangsu North Plain with a coastline of , Dafeng was historically one of the largest salt-making areas in China and now is famed for its well preserved ...
, Jiangsu. He graduated from Nanjing Navigation Engineering College in 1962 (later known as
Shanghai Maritime University). In 1963 he was assigned to work in the
Port of Qinhuangdao
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. By 1982, he was promoted to the head of administration at the Port. In 1985, he was named Vice Minister of Transportation. In 1988 he became president of the National Transportation Investment Company. In 1991 he became Minister of Transport.
In October 2002 he was transferred to work in
Chongqing
ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...
, a megacity on the western interior. In December 2005 he left his post to sit on the
National People's Congress Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee. Between 2008 and 2013, Huang was the chair of the committee.
Huang was a member of the 14th, 15th, and 16th Central Committees of the Chinese Communist Party, and a Standing Committee member of the 11th National People's Congress.
See also
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Politics of Chongqing The politics of Chongqing is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC).
The mayor of Chongqing is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Cho ...
References
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1941 births
Living people
People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangsu
Ministers of transport of the People's Republic of China
Shanghai Maritime University alumni