Zhang Zhinan

Zhang Zhinan
张志南
Executive Vice Governor of Fujian
In office
February 2013  April 2020
GovernorSu ShulinYu WeiguoTang Dengjie
Preceded byChen Hua
Succeeded byZhao Long
Director of Fujian Provincial Development and Reform Commission
In office
July 2005  May 2010
Preceded bySu Zengtian
Succeeded byZheng Shanjie
Communist Party Secretary of Shanghang County
In office
March 1993  April 1995
Preceded byDing Shida
Succeeded byMa Chengjia
Magistrate of Shanghang County
In office
September 1990  March 1993
Preceded byYou Ziqing
Succeeded byZheng Ruzhan
Personal details
BornOctober 1960 (age 64)
Longyan, Fujian, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (expelled; 1979-2020)
Alma materLongyan University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Zhìnán

Zhang Zhinan (Chinese: 张志南; born October 1960) is a former Chinese politician who spent his entire career in southeast China's Fujian province. He was investigated by the Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft agency in April 2020. Previously he served as executive vice governor of Fujian and was also a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Fujian Provincial Committee. He was a delegate to the 18th and 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress. Zhang became the first official at provincial or ministerial level to be investigated by the anti-corruption watchdog in 2020, only seven days earlier than Sun Lijun, former deputy minister of Public Security.