A report on General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Paramount leader
The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the paramount leader of China.
- General Secretary of the Chinese Communist PartyThe officeholders are usually General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
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Chinese Communist Party
6 linksFounding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Today the party's leader holds the offices of general secretary (responsible for civilian party duties), Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) (responsible for military affairs), and State President (a largely ceremonial position).
Because of these posts, the party leader is seen as the country's paramount leader.
Xi Jinping
4 linksXi Jinping (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been serving as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) since 2012, and President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013.
Xi has been the paramount leader of China, the most prominent political leader in the People's Republic of China, since 2012.
Hu Jintao
4 linksHu Jintao (Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 21 December 1942) is a retired Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2004 to 2012.
Hu was the paramount leader of China from 2004 to 2012.
President of the People's Republic of China
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However, as a matter of convention, the presidency is held simultaneously by the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, who also serves as the chairman of the Central Military Commission, and thus is often the paramount leader of China.
Deng Xiaoping
2 linksDeng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997), also known by his courtesy name Xixian (希贤), was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to 1992.
He participated in the historic emergency session on 7 August 1927 in which, by Soviet instruction, the Party dismissed its founder Chen Duxiu, and Qu Qiubai became the general secretary.
Xi Jinping Administration
2 linksThe Xi Jinping Administration of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially called the "CCP Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as General Secretary" between 2012 and 2016, and "CCP Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core" since 2016, has been said to begin after the progressive accumulation of power by Xi Jinping, who succeeded Hu Jintao as CCP General Secretary and Paramount leader in 2012 and later in 2016 was proclaimed the Party's 4th leadership core, following only Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Zemin.
Supreme Military Command of the People's Republic of China
1 linksThroughout the history of the People's Republic of China, the position that effectively reigned as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces changed from time to time.
Throughout the history of the People's Republic of China, the position that effectively reigned as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces changed from time to time.
The officeholder is usually the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as well as the paramount leader.
Orders of precedence in China
0 linksRanking of political leaders in China for the purposes of event protocol and to arrange the ordering of names in official news bulletins, both written and televised.
Ranking of political leaders in China for the purposes of event protocol and to arrange the ordering of names in official news bulletins, both written and televised.
Individuals can hold multiple top leadership titles but also be unable to claim to be the de facto head as was the case with Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Hua Guofeng, when "paramount leader" Deng Xiaoping was present.
2) General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
1 linksThe leader of the Chinese Communist Party.
The leader of the Chinese Communist Party.
The position was established at the 8th National Congress in 1945 and abolished at the 12th National Congress in 1982, being replaced by the general secretary.
Although Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao as party chairman, by 1978 he had lost power to vice chairman Deng Xiaoping, who at that point had become the de facto leader of China.
Party leader
0 linksIn a governmental system, a party leader acts as the official representative of their political party, either to a legislature or to the electorate.
In a governmental system, a party leader acts as the official representative of their political party, either to a legislature or to the electorate.
The leaders of communist parties often hold the title of general secretary (e.g. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party) and the officeholder is usually considered the paramount leader of China.