Xi Jinping
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Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus the paramount leader of China, since 2012. Xi has also been the president of the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2013. He belongs to the fifth generation of Chinese leadership.
Xi Jinping greeting U.S. president George W. Bush in August 2008
Xi Jinping with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on 28 September 2010
The Muscatine, Iowa house where Xi stayed with an American family during a 1985 agricultural visit to the United States. The home was turned into a museum decades later.
Paramount leader
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Paramount leader is an informal term for the most important political figure in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), often holding the titles of CCP General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). The state representative (president) or head of government (premier) are not necessarily paramount leader—under China's party-state system, CCP roles are politically more important than state titles.
Image: Portrait of Hua Guofeng
Image: Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter at the arrival ceremony for the Vice Premier of China. NARA 183157 restored(cropped)
Image: Jiang Zemin 2002