Paramount leader
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Paramount leader is an informal term for the most important political figure of the People's Republic of China. The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Lib
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Jiang Zemin
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Jiang Zemin was a Chinese politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the fourth paramount leader of China from 1989 to 2002, as the chairman of the Central Milit
Paramount leader
…paramount leaders being also leadership cores, though they are separate concepts. The term has been used less frequently to describe Deng's successors, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping, who have all formally held the offices of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (party leader), President of China…
Jiang in 2002
Chinese engineering expert team in Romania; Jiang is third from left. (1972)
Jiang with President of Russia Vladimir Putin at APEC summit in Shanghai (2001)
Jiang Zemin with U.S. President Bill Clinton on 11 September 1999