# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zhang-yang-q27826
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:06:59.956Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zhang-yang-q27826"
name: "Zhang Yang"
slug: "zhang-yang-q27826"
description: "Zhang Yang was a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) who served as Director of the Political Work Department. He was previously political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region. He committed suicide in November 2017 while under disciplinary investigation."
tagline: "Chinese general of the People's Liberation Army (1951-2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/Zhangyang.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951"
deathDate: "2017-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.466636000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%A0%E9%98%B3"
    title: "张阳"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A)"
    title: "تشانغ يانغ (سياسي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "تشانج يانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yang_(general)"
    title: "Zhang Yang (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yang_(g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral)"
    title: "Zhang Yang (général)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E9%99%BD"
    title: "張陽"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yang"
    title: "Zhang Yang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yang_(general)"
    title: "Zhang Yang (general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%AF%D0%BD"
    title: "Чжан Ян"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_(th%C6%B0%E1%BB%A3ng_t%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bng)"
    title: "Trương Dương (thượng tướng)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%B5%E9%99%BD"
    title: "張陽"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27826"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump