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-
·General Secretary, CPC Central Committee
·Chairman, CPC Central Military Commission
·President, PRC
·Chairman, PRC Central Military Commission
2012-13
·General Secretary, CPC Central Committee
·Chairman, CPC Central Military Commission
·Vice-president, PRC
·Vice-chairman, PRC Central Military Commission
2010-12
·Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
·Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat
·Vice-president, PRC
·Vice-chairman, CPC Central Military Commission
·Vice-chairman, PRC Central Military Commission
·President, Central Party School
2008-10
·Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
·Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat
·Vice-president, PRC
·President, Central Party School
2007-08
·Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
·Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat
·President, Central Party School
2007
·Secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee
·First secretary, Party Committee of the Shanghai Garrison Command
2003-07
·Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee
·Chairman, Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress
·First secretary, Party Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region
2002-03
·Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee
·Acting governor, Zhejiang province
·First secretary, Party Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region
·Vice-chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command
·Chairman, Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee
2002
·Deputy secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee
·Acting governor, Zhejiang province
·Vice-chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command
·Chairman, Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee
2000-02
·Deputy secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
·Governor, Fujian province
·Vice-chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command
·Chairman, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee
·First political commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-Aircraft Artillery Reserve Division
·Attended an in-service graduate program in Marxist theory and ideological and political education at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tsinghua University and was awarded a doctoral degree in law (1998-2002)
1999-2000
·Deputy secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
·Acting governor, Fujian province
·Vice-chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command
·Chairman, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee
·First political commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-Aircraft Artillery Reserve Division
1996-99
·Deputy secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
·First political commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-Aircraft Artillery Reserve Division
1995-96
·Deputy secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
·Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee
·Chairman, Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress
·First secretary, Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Subregion
1993-95
·Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee
·Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee
·Chairman, Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress
·First secretary, Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Subregion
1990-93
·Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee, Fujian province
·Chairman, Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress, Fujian province
·First secretary, Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Subregion
1988-90
·Secretary, CPC Ningde Prefectural Committee, Fujian province
·First secretary, Party Committee of the Ningde Military Subregion
1985-88
·Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee, Fujian province
·Vice-mayor, Xiamen
1983-85
·Secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei province
·First political commissar and Party committee first secretary, Zhengding County Military Affairs ·Department, Hebei province
1982-83
·Deputy secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei province
1979-82
·Office secretary, General Office of the State Council
·Office secretary, General Office of the Central Military Commission (active duty)
1975-79
·Studied basic organic synthesis at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University
1969-1975
·Educated youth and Party branch secretary, Liangjiahe Brigade, Wen'anyi Commune, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi province
·Alternate member, 15th CPC Central Committee
·Member, 16th through 19th CPC Central Committees
·Member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, and secretariat, 17th CPC Central Committee
·Member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, and general secretary, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committees
·Elected PRC vice-president at the first session of the 11th National People's Congress
·Appointed CPC Central Military Commission vice-chairman at the fifth plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee
·Appointed PRC Central Military Commission vice-chairman at the 17th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th NPC
·Appointed CPC Central Military Commission chairman at the first plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee
·Elected PRC president and PRC Central Military Commission chairman at the first session of the 12th NPC
·Appointed CPC Central Military Commission chairman at the first plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee
·Elected PRC president and PRC Central Military Commission chairman at the first session of the 13th NPC
