Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping was born on June 15, 1953, in Beijing, the son of Xi Zhongxun, who once served as deputy prime minister of China. During the Cultural Revolution, his father was purged and he was sent to the rural village of Liangjiahe, Shaanxi, where he lived in a cave. Though he never completed high school, his years in the village became the true education of Xi Jinping. In 1974, he became an official party member, serving as a branch secretary.

Xi attended Tsinghua University, where he studied chemical engineering from 1975 to 1979. After graduating in 1979, he worked as secretary to China's vice premier and minister of national defense. He later earned a doctorate in Marxist theory and ideological education, and studied chemical engineering at Tsinghua University as a worker-peasant-soldier student.

Career History

• Secretary to Vice Premier and Minister of National Defense (1979–1982)
• Governor of Fujian Province (1999–2002)
• Governor and Party Secretary of Zhejiang Province (2002–2007)
• Shanghai Party Secretary (briefly in 2007)
• Vice President of China (2008–2013)
• Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (2010–2012)

In November 2012, Xi succeeded Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. In March 2013, he was elected president of China. Xi has overseen major political, economic, and military initiatives during his tenure, including a wide-ranging anti-corruption campaign, tighter control over the Chinese Communist Party, and the expansion of his influence over the military and state institutions. He expanded China's presence in Africa and Eurasia through the Belt and Road Initiative and in 2018, he amended the constitution to remove presidential term limits.

What Xi Jinping could bring to his current roles as President and Chair of the Central Military Commission: Based on his documented career, Xi brings hands-on military reform experience, having taken a direct hands-on approach to military reform and delivering numerous high-profile pronouncements on cleaning up malfeasance in the military. His provincial governance experience across multiple coastal regions demonstrates expertise in economic development and institutional reform. His demonstrated consolidation of power through anti-corruption campaigns and party discipline strengthens centralized decision-making on matters of national security and military strategy.

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