Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Zhongguo Gongchandang Lijie Zhongyang Weiyuan Dacidian, 1921-2003
Beijing: Zhonggong dangshi chubanshe 2004
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 1/15/2015
Career Data Updated: 9/18/2007
Zhang Wannian 张万年
Former Member of the 15th CPC Politburo
Born: 1928
Birthplace: Shandong Province, Longkou City
Died: 2015
Biography Highlight
Zhang Wannian, male, Han nationality, was born in 1928 in Longkou, Shandong Province. He joined the PLA in 1944 and the CPC in 1945. He fought in the Chinese civil war and was cited for meritorious service. He was a regimental combat staff officer at the time of the Korean War and afterwards.Recent Career Data
| (Won five merit citations and the Order of Liberation (Class 3)) | ||
| 1998—2003 | Member, 9th NPC | |
| 1997—2002 | Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1997—2002 | Secretary, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat | |
| 1997—2002 | Vice-Chairman, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission | |
| 1997—???? | Director, PLA, Election Committee | |
| 1997—2002 | Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee, Politburo | |
| 1995—2003 | Vice-Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 1995—1997 | Vice-Chairman, 14th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission | |
| 1993—1995 | Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC |
