Huang Zhendong (Chinese:黄镇东; born 1941) is a former Chinese politician who served asChinese Communist Party Committee Secretary ofChongqing, and prior to that, theMinister of Transport.
Huang was born inDafeng, Jiangsu. He graduated from Nanjing Navigation Engineering College in 1962 (later known asShanghai Maritime University). In 1963 he was assigned to work in thePort 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 inChongqing, a megacity on the western interior. In December 2005 he left his post to sit on theNational 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.[1]
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| Preceded by | Communist Party Secretary ofChongqing 2002–2005 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Minister of Transport 1991–2002 | Succeeded by |