Zhang Lin | |||||||
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张林 | |||||||
Head of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission | |||||||
Assumed office January 2022 | |||||||
Preceded by | Gao Jin | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | 1965 (age 58–59) China | ||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
Military service | |||||||
Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||
Branch/service | People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
Years of service | ?–present | ||||||
Rank | Lieutenant general | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张 林 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張 林 | ||||||
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Zhang Lin ( Chinese: 张林; born 1965) is a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army of China who is the current head of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission, in office since January 2022. [1]
Zhang was born in 1965. He was promoted to chief of staff of the Joint Logistics Support Force of the Central Military Commission in 2019, [2] but having held the position for only one year, in 2020 he was appointed head of the Logistics Department of the People's Armed Police. [3] He became director of the Agency for Offices Administration of the Central Military Commission in March 2021, [4] and soon was commissioned as head of the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission in January 2022.
He attained the rank of lieutenant general ( zhongjiang) in January 2022. [5]