predecessor successor birth_place party office native_name birth_date term_start order premier image article_title term_end name alma_mater
li keqiang zhang lichang wu guanzheng sun chunlan li jianguo jinjiang county , fujian communist party first-ranked china vice premier of the people 's republic of 0.1 em 1946 11 15 march 2013 november 2007 november 2002 communist shandong party secretary of tianjin communist party secretary of li keqiang zhang-gaoli 1.jpeg zhang gaoli
 october 2012 march 2007 0.2 em zhang gaoli xiamen university
zhang gaoli

zhang gaoli -lrb- born november 1946 -rrb- is the current first-ranked vice premier of the people 's republic of china and a member of the politburo standing committee of the communist party of china , china 's highest ruling council .
prior to his ascendancy to the pinnacle of political power in china , zhang served as the communist party secretary of tianjin between 2007 and 2012 , and the party secretary in the economic powerhouse of shandong province between 2002 and 2007 .
as premier li keqiang 's principal lieutenant , zhang 's portfolio spans the fields of finance , economic development , natural resources , the environment , and housing .
he is the chair of ad-hoc steering committees overseeing the three gorges dam , the south -- north water transfer project , one belt one road , and the commission on food safety of the state council .
