Leadership of the People's Republic of China

The political leadership of the People's Republic of China is in the hands of several offices.

CPC Leaders after PRC established

Order	Image	Chairmen / General Secretaries	Term Start	Term End
1		Mao Zedong (毛泽东 / 毛澤東) (1893-12-26)26 December 1893 - 9 September 1976(1976-09-09) (aged 82)	19 June 1945	9 September 1976
2		Hua Guofeng (华国锋 / 華國鋒) (1921-02-16)16 February 1921 - 20 August 2008(2008-08-20) (aged 87)	7 October 1976	28 June 1981
3		Hu Yaobang (胡耀邦) (1915-11-20)20 November 1915 - 15 April 1989(1989-04-15) (aged 73)	29 June 1981	11 September 1982
1		Hu Yaobang	11 September 1982	15 January 1987
Acting		Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳 / 趙紫陽) (1919-10-17)17 October 1919 - 17 January 2005(2005-01-17) (aged 85)	16 January 1987	1 November 1987
2			2 November 1987	23 June 1989
3		Jiang Zemin (江泽民 / 江澤民) (1926-08-17) 17 August 1926	24 June 1989	15 November 2002
4		Hu Jintao (胡锦涛 / 胡錦濤) (1942-12-21) 21 December 1942	15 November 2002	15 November 2012
5		Xi Jinping (习近平 / 習近平) (1953-06-15) 15 June 1953	15 November 2012	Present

Heads of the People's Republic of China

№	Portrait	Presidents	Term	Term of office		Vice Presidents
1		Mao Zedong 毛泽东（毛澤東） (1893–1976) Beijing At-large	CP	1 October 1949 (acting)	27 September 1954	Zhu De Liu Shaoqi Soong Ching-ling Zhang Lan Li Jishen Gao Gang
1	27 September 1954	27 April 1959	Zhu De
2		Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇（劉少奇） (1898–1969) Beijing At-large	2	27 April 1959	21 December 1964	Soong Ching-ling Dong Biwu
3	21 December 1964	31 October 1968 (ousted)
—		Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄（宋慶齡） (1893–1981) Shanghai At-large Dong Biwu 董必武 (1886-1975) Hubei At-large	3 (cont)	31 October 1968 (acting)	24 February 1972 (resigned) 17 January 1975	vacant
*		as NPCSC Chairman Zhu De 朱德 (1886–1976) Sichuan At-large	4	17 January 1975	6 July 1976 (died in office)	vacant
*		as NPCSC Chairwoman Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄（宋慶齡） (1893–1981) Shanghai At-large	4 (cont)	6 July 1976	5 March 1978	vacant
*		as NPCSC Chairman Ye Jianying 叶剑英（葉劍英） (1897–1986) Guangdong At-large (54-59) PLA At-large (59-83)	5	5 March 1978	16 May 1981	vacant
—		as Honorary President Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄（宋慶齡） (1893–1981) Shanghai At-large	5 (cont)	16 May 1981	28 May 1981	vacant
*		as NPCSC Chairman Ye Jianying 叶剑英（葉劍英） (1897–1986) Guangdong At-large (54-59) PLA At-large (59-83)	5 (cont)	28 May 1981	18 June 1983	vacant
3		Li Xiannian 李先念 (1909–1992) Hubei At-large	6	18 June 1983	8 April 1988	Ulanhu
4		Yang Shangkun 杨尚昆（楊尚昆） (1907-1998) Sichuan At-large	7	8 April 1988	27 March 1993	Wang Zhen
5		Jiang Zemin 江泽民（江澤民） (1926-) Shanghai At-large	8	27 March 1993	15 March 1998	Rong Yiren
			9	15 March 1998	23 March 2003	Hu Jintao
6		Hu Jintao 胡锦涛（胡錦濤） (1942-) Guizhou At-large (88-93,98-03) Tibet At-large (93-98,03-08) Zhejiang At-large (08-)	10	23 March 2003	15 March 2008	Zeng Qinghong
			11	15 March 2008	14 March 2013	Xi Jinping
7		Xi Jinping 习近平（習近平） (1953-)	12	14 March 2013	Incumbent	Li Yuanchao

Premiers of the People's Republic of China

№	Portrait	Premiers	Term	Term of office		Days
1		Zhou Enlai 周恩来（周恩來） (1898-1976) Beijing At-large	CP	1 October 1949 (acting)	15 September 1954	1810
			1	15 September 1954	18 April 1959	1676
			2	18 April 1959	21 December 1964	2074
3	21 December 1964	4 January 1975	3666
4	4 January 1975	8 January 1976†	369
Geneva Conference in 1954, Asian-African Conference, 1972 Nixon visit to China, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution †Died in office (cancer)			Total 9595
2		Hua Guofeng 华国锋（華國鋒） (1921-2008) Hunan At-large	4 (cont)	4 February 1976 (acting)	7 April 1976	63
			7 April 1976	5 March 1978	697
5	5 March 1978	10 September 1980*	920
Two Whatevers, Tiananmen Incident, Downfall of the Gang of Four, Sino-Vietnamese War, One Child Policy * Ousted			Total 1680
3		Zhao Ziyang 赵紫阳（趙紫陽） (1919-2005) Beijing At-large	5 (cont)	10 September 1980 (acting)	6 June 1983	999
			6	6 June 1983	24 November 1987§	1632
Chinese economic reform, Sino-British Joint Declaration, Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 § Resigned			Total 2631
4		Li Peng 李鹏（李鵬） (1928-) Beijing At-large	6 (cont)	24 November 1987 (acting)	25 March 1988	122
			7	25 March 1988	15 March 1993	1816
8	15 March 1993	17 March 1998	1828
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Three Gorges Dam, Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong			Total 3766
5		Zhu Rongji 朱镕基（朱鎔基） (1928-) Hunan At-large	9	17 March 1998	16 March 2003	1825
			Transfer of sovereignty over Macau, accession to the WTO			Total 1825
6		Wen Jiabao 温家宝（溫家寶） (1942-) Gansu At-large	10	16 March 2003	16 March 2008	1827
			11	16 March 2008	15 March 2013	1825
SARs outbreak, Anti-Secession Law, H5N1 avian flu outbreak, 2008 Sichuan earthquake			Total 3652
7		Li Keqiang 李克强（李克強） (1955-)	12	15 March 2013	Incumbent	1314
			Lushan earthquake			Total 1314

Chairmen of the NPC Standing Committee

I#	T#	Chairman	Took office	Left office
1	1	Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇（劉少奇）	September 15, 1954	April 28, 1959
2	2	Zhu De 朱德	April 28, 1959	January 4, 1965
	3		January 4, 1965	January 17, 1975
	4		January 17, 1975	July 6, 1976
—		Soong Ching-ling 宋庆龄（宋慶齡）	July 6, 1976 (acting)	March 5, 1978
3	5	Ye Jianying 叶剑英（葉劍英）	March 5, 1978	June 18, 1983
4	6	Peng Zhen 彭真	June 18, 1983	April 13, 1988
5	7	Wan Li 万里（萬里）	April 13, 1988	March 27, 1993
6	8	Qiao Shi 乔石（喬石）	March 27, 1993	March 15, 1998
7	9	Li Peng 李鹏（李鵬）	March 15, 1998	March 15, 2003
8	10	Wu Bangguo 吴邦国（吳邦國）	March 15, 2003	March 15, 2008
	11		March 15, 2008	March 14, 2013
9	12	Zhang Dejiang 张德江（張德江）	March 14, 2013	Incumbent

Chairmen of the CPPCC National Committee

I#	T#	Chairperson	Took office	Left office
01	01	Mao Zedong 毛泽东（毛澤東）	October 1949	December 1954
02	02	Zhou Enlai 周恩来（周恩來）	December 1954	April 1959
	03		April 1959	January 1965
	04		January 1965	January 1976
During this interval, the chair was vacant. (January 1976 -March 1978)
03	05	Deng Xiaoping 邓小平（鄧小平）	March 1978	June 1983
04	06	Deng Yingchao 邓颖超（鄧穎超）	June 1983	April 1988
05	07	Li Xiannian 李先念	April 1988	June 1992
During this interval, the chair was vacant. (June 1992 - March 1993)
06	08	Li Ruihuan 李瑞环（李瑞環）	March 1993	March 1998
	09		March 1998	March 2003
07	10	Jia Qinglin 贾庆林（賈慶林）	March 2003	March 2008
	11		March 2008	March 2013
08	12	Yu Zhengsheng 俞正声（俞正聲）	March 2013	Incumbent

Chairmen of the CPC Central Military Commission

#	Picture	Name	Took office	Left office
1		Mao Zedong	8 September 1954	9 September 1976
2		Hua Guofeng	7 October 1976	28 June 1981
3		Deng Xiaoping	28 June 1981	9 November 1989
4		Jiang Zemin	9 November 1989	19 September 2004
5		Hu Jintao	September 19, 2004	November 15, 2012
6		Xi Jinping	November 15, 2012	Incumbent