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 jurisdicti ...

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a municipality in Southwest China. The official abbreviation of the city, "" (), was approved by the State Co ...

, and prior to that, the

Minister of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...

. Huang was born in

Dafeng Dafeng () is a coastal district under the administration of 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 ...

, Jiangsu. He graduated from Nanjing Navigation Engineering College in 1962 (later known as

Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai Maritime University (SMU; ) is a public university in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Shanghai Maritime University is multidisciplinary with six fields of study: Engineering, Management, Economics, Literature, Science and Law. It ...

). In 1963 he was assigned to work in the Port of Qinhuangdao. 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

, 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Zhendong 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

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