Zhang Tianmin (politician)
Chinese politician
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Zhang Tianmin (Chinese: 张天民; April 1914 – March 1997), born Han Qingshan (Chinese: 韩庆善) and also known as Han Yuanting, Han Liansheng, and Han Hongye, was a Chinese politician and trade union leader. A native of Pingyuan County, Shandong Province, he became active in revolutionary activities from his youth and later served in senior positions within the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU).[1]
Zhang Tianmin | |
|---|---|
| 张天民 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1914 Pingyuan County, Shandong, China |
| Died | March 1997 (aged 82) China |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Occupation | Politician, trade unionist |
Biography
Zhang joined the Communist Youth League of China in March 1927 while studying at the Pingyuan County Middle School, where he became the branch secretary. His activism led to his expulsion from school, after which he continued underground revolutionary work. In 1932, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Teng County.[2]
In 1933, Zhang became secretary of the CCP special branch in the Zibo coal mines, and by 1936 he was head of the Zibo Mining District Committee. Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he took part in organizing workers’ resistance in Shandong.[3] In 1937, he was appointed secretary of the CCP Zibo Mining District Committee, directly under the Shandong Provincial Committee, and organized armed resistance groups that later merged into the Shandong Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.[4][5]
In 1939, Zhang went to Yan'an to study at the Central Party School and the Marxism–Leninism Institute. After the 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1945, he held several positions in the northeast, including deputy director of logistics for the Jireliao Military Region, director of the Northeast Federation of Trade Unions’ Production Department, and head of the Northeast Liaison Office.[6]
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang was appointed political commissar of the Fifth Division of the People's Volunteer Army's logistics units during the Korean War.[7] In 1954, he became chairman of the China Construction Workers' Union, and in 1962 he was named chairman of the Railway Workers' Union and secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.[8] In 1980, he was appointed advisor to the ACFTU, and he retired in 1983.[9]
Zhang died in March 1997 at the age of 83.[10]