Zhang Deguang (
Simplified Chinese: 张德广; born
February 10, 1941) is the
secretary
general of the
Shanghai Cooperation
Organization.
Biography
Born in
Jining, homeland of Chinese
philosophers Confucius and Men Ji, in Shandong
Province,
China
. In 1965 he graduated from the Beijing
Institute of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Russian literature.
Zhang Deguang speaks Chinese, Russian and English.
In 1965 he joined the
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. There he
has held the following posts:
- 1965-1973 Employee, translation branch, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
- 1973-1977 Attaché, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in
the USSR
- 1977-1987 Second Secretary, First Secretary, Deputy Director of
Chancery, Sino-Russian Negotiations, Department of USSR and
European affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of
China
- 1987-1992 Counselor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China
in the United States
- 1992-1993 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
People's Republic of China to the Republic of Kazakhstan
- 1993-1995 Head of the Department of Eastern Europe and Central
Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
- 1995-2001 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic
of China
- 2001-2003 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
People's Republic of China to Russia
In May 2003, at the meeting of Heads of
SCO member states
appointed as Secretary-General of the Secretariat of the
Shanghai Cooperation
Organization. On January 1, 2004 he took up his duties at this
post.
In
December 1999 President of the Russian Federation
Boris Yeltsin awarded
Zhang Deguang with the "Friendship Order". In December 2001
President of Kazakhstan
Nursultan
Nazarbayev awarded him with First Grade Friendship Order of
Kazakhstan. In February 2003 he was awarded as Academician
of the Russian Academy of Social Sciences. In April 2003 he was
awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Institute of Far Eastern
Studies and with the First Grade Medal of the Sino-Russian
Friendship Society.
In October 2003 President of the Russian
Federation Vladimir Putin
presented him with Commemorative Diploma for special contribution
to strengthening Sino-Russian friendship. In March 2004
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin awarded Zhang
Deguang with Commemorative Medal on the occasion of the 300th
anniversary of St. Petersburg.
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