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: 3/16/2008
Career Data Updated: 3/16/2008

PHOTO: Zhang Dingfa
Zhang Dingfa 张定发
Commander of the PLA Navy, Alternate Member of the 16th CPC Central Committee
Born: 1943

Biography Highlight

Zhang Dingfa, male, Han nationality, is a native of Wusong, Shanghai municipality. He was born in 1943, joined the PLA in 1960, and joined the CPC in 1964. He was conferred the rank of major general of the Navy in 1991, and promoted to the rank of lieutenant general of the Navy in 1998. Zhang studied in the Submarine School of the Continent Navy, then served as a deputy coxswain, coxswain, and deputy chief of detachment. Zhang was elected commander of the PLA Navy in 2003.

Recent Career Data

2005—2008 Member, Central Military Commission of the PRC
2004—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission
2003— Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Navy
2002—2007 Member, 16th CPC, Central Committee
2002—2003 President, PLA Military Academy of Sciences
2000—2002 Deputy Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Navy
1997—2002 Alternate Member, 15th CPC, Central Committee
1996—2000 Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Navy, North China Sea Fleet
1996—2000 Deputy Commander, PLA, Regions, Jinan Military Region Shandong Province, Jinan City
1995—1996 Deputy Commander, PLA, Services and Arms, Navy, North China Sea Fleet

Recent Travel & Appearances

06/09/17 Zhang Gaoli calls for green development of Yangtze River Economic Belt
11/01/04 Zhang Dingfa met with David Ledson, commander of the New Zealand Navy.

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