--- title: "Who has taken over as the new secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on 1st January 2022?" description: "Who has taken over as the new secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on 1st January 2022?" author: "Austin Dcruz" published: 2022-02-04 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95476/who-has-taken-over-as-the-new-secretary-general-of-the-shanghai-cooperation-organization-sco-on-1st-january-2022 category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair", "shanghai", "secretary general"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Who has taken over as the new secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on 1st January 2022? Who has taken over as the new secretary-general of the Shanghai [Cooperation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/111031/what-is-the-shanghai-cooperation-organization) [Organization](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44068/four-rooms-to-declutter-with-digitization) ([SCO](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39270/which-country-to-host-2018-shanghai-cooperation-organization-sco-summit)) on [1st January](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34764/which-country-applied-value-added-tax-vat-for-the-first-time-on-1st-january-2018) 2022? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta > **Zhang Ming, a veteran Chinese official, was appointed as the next secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on January 1st. Zhang, 65, took over the reins of the Beijing-based SCO from Vladimir Norov, a former Uzbek diplomat who concluded his tenure on December 31st.** \ ![Who has taken over as the new secretary-general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on 1st January 2022?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0550890b-ffc3-40af-8deb-d25308bd0301/images/09c6351b-8c50-4ee2-ab83-78bf9264778a.jpeg)\ \ **[Zhang Ming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Ming)** is a **diplomat** from China. Zhang was born in the **Henan Province city of Zhengzhou**. He earned a bachelor's degree from **Beijing Foreign Studies University's Faculty of [Asian](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95452/for-which-sports-chris-walker-has-been-approved-by-the-sports-ministry-as-a-foreign-coach-for-the-indian-team-for-the-forthcoming-asian-games) and African Languages**. Zhang began his work in 1975 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1983. In 2001, he was appointed **Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' General Office.** He was appointed Ambassador to Kenya, Permanent Representative to UNEP, and Permanent Representative to UN-Habitat in 2006, Director-General of the MFA's Department of [**African**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51398/what-was-the-impact-of-the-civil-war-on-the-south-s-african-american-population) Affairs in 2009, Director-General of the MFA's General Office in 2010. He was appointed Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2011, in the **responsibility of the general office, [employees](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93292/can-any-company-add-their-employees-in-their-official-account), and archive work.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95476/who-has-taken-over-as-the-new-secretary-general-of-the-shanghai-cooperation-organization-sco-on-1st-january-2022 Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.