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Mr. Xi Jinping was born in June 1953, is an ethnic Han from Fuping, Shaanxi Province. He graduated from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsinghua University with a major in political education, has an in-service postgraduate education and holds the degree of Doctor of Laws. He entered the workforce in January 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January 1974. He is currently General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission.
From 1969 to 1975, he spent as an educated youth and Party branch secretary of Liangjiahe Brigade at Wen’anyi Commune, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province. From 1975 to 1979, he was a student of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University. From 1979 to 1982, he was the Secretary, General Office, State Council and Central Military Commission (AD); 1982-1983, he served as Deputy Secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei Province; 1983-1985, he was Secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei Province; concurrently First Commissar and Party Committee First Secretary, Zhengding County, Military Affairs Department.
From 1985 to 1988, he was the Member, Standing Committee, CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee, Fujian Province; and Vice Mayor, Xiamen; 1988-1990, he was the Secretary, CPC Ningde Prefectural Committee, Fujian Province; 1990-1993, Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee, Fujian Province; Chairman, Standing Committee, Fuzhou Municipal People’s Congress; and concurrently First Secretary, Party Committee, Fuzhou Military Sub-region; 1993-1995, Member, Standing Committee, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee; Chairman, Standing Committee, Fuzhou Municipal People’s Congress; First Secretary, Party Committee, Fuzhou Military Sub-region; 1995-1996, Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee; Chairman, Standing Committee, Fuzhou Municipal People’s Congress; First Secretary, Party Committee, Fuzhou Military Sub-region; 1996-1999, Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; First Commissar, Fujian Provincial Antiaircraft Artillery Reserve Division; 1999-2000, Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; Acting Governor, Fujian Province; Deputy Director, National Defense Mobilization Committee, Nanjing Military Area Command; Director, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee; First Commissar, Fujian Provincial Antiaircraft Artillery Reserve Division; 2000-2002, Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee; Governor, Fujian Province; Deputy Director, National Defense Mobilization Committee, Nanjing Military Area Command; Director, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee; First Commissar, Fujian Provincial Antiaircraft Artillery Reserve Division.
In 2002, he served as Deputy Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee; Acting Governor, Zhejiang Province; 2002-2003 Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee; Acting Governor, Zhejiang Province; Director, Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee; 2003-2007, Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee; Chairman, Standing Committee, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Congress.
In 2007, he served as Secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee; First Secretary, Party Committee, Shanghai Garrison Command; 2007-2008, Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; and Member, Secretariat; of the CPC Central Committee; President, Central Party School; 2008-2010, Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; and Member, Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee; Vice President, PRC; President, Central Party School; 2010-2012, Member, Standing Committee, Political Bureau; and Member, Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee; Vice president, PRC; Vice Chairman, CPC and PRC Central Military Commission; President, Central Party School; 2012-2013, General Secretary, CPC Central Committee; Chairman, CPC Central Military Commission; Vice President, PRC; Vice Chairman, PRC Central Military Commission.
Since 2013, he has been serving as General Secretary, CPC Central Committee; Chairman, CPC Central Military Commission; President, PRC; Chairman, PRC Central Military Commission. He also served as Alternate member, Fifteenth CPC Central Committee; Member, Sixteenth through Eighteenth CPC Central Committees; Member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, and Secretariat, Seventeenth CPC Central Committee; Member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, and General Secretary, Eighteenth, Nineteenth CPC Central Committee; elected as Vice President of the PRC at the First Session of the Eleventh National People’s Congress (NPC); appointed as a Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Seventeenth CPC Central Committee; appointed as a Vice Chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission at the Seventeenth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh NPC; appointed as Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission at the First Plenary Session of the Eighteenth CPC Central Committee; elected President of the PRC and Chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission at the First Session of the Twelfth NPC; appointed as Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission at the First Plenary Session of the Nineteenth CPC Central Committee; elected President of the PRC and Chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission at the First Session of the Thirteenth NPC.
