Xi Jinping - president of People's Republic of China, chairman of Central Military Commission

Xi Jinping, Han ethnicity, was born in June 1953 and is from Fuping, Shaanxi province. He began his first job in January 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China in January 1974. Xi graduated from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tsinghua University, where he completed an in-service graduate program in Marxist theory and ideological and political education. He holds a doctor of law degree.

Xi is currently general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, president of China and chairman of the People's Republic of China Central Military Commission.

2013-