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People's Republic of China 中華人民共和國 (since 1949)

period before (Republic)
-- Taiwan ROC
-- Hong Kong SAR
-- Macao SAR
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中央), the Politbureau (Zhengzhiju 政治局) - some of the members build the Standing Committee (Zhengzhiju Chang Weiyuanhui 政治局常委员会) with the General Secretary (Zongshuji 总书记) as its head, the secretariate itself (Shujichu 书记处), the Central Military Commission (Junshi Weiyuanhui 军事委员会), and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (Jilü Jiancha Weiyuanhui 纪律检查委员会). Before 1982, the head of the party was called Chairman (Zhuxi 主席)

Headpeople of the Communist Party

Chairman Mao Zedong 毛澤東

1935/1949-1976

Chairman Hua Guofeng 華國鋒

1976-1981

Chairman, since 1982 General Secretary Hu Yaobang 胡耀邦

1981/82-1987

General Secretary Zhao Ziyang 趙紫陽

1987-1989

General Secretary Jiang Zemin 江澤民

1989-2002

General Secretary Hu Jintao 胡锦涛

2002-


Like in any other non-monarchial state, the head of state of the PR China is the State President. This post is often rendered to a person of great symbolic importance. After the failure of the Great Leap, Mao Zedong had to refrain the post of President.

Heads of State (President; Zongtong 總統)

Mao Zedong 毛澤東1949-1959
Liu Shaoqi 劉少奇1959-1968
Dong Biwu 董必武1968-1975
Zhu De 朱德1975-1976
Song Qingling 宋慶齡 (widow of Sun Yatsen)1976-1978
Ye Jianqing1978-1983
Li Xiannian 李先念1983-1988
Yang Shangkun 楊尚昆1988-1993
Jiang Zemin 江澤民1993-

Prime Ministers (Zongli 總理)

Zhou Enlai 周恩來1949-1976
Hua Guofeng 華國鋒1976-1980
Zhao Ziyang 趙紫陽1980-1987
Li Peng 李鵬1987-1998
Zhu Rongji 朱鎔基1998-


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Mao Zedong

Zhu De

Zhou Enlai

Liu Shaoqi

Deng Xiaoping

Lin Biao

Hua Guofeng

Hu Yaobang

Zhao Ziyang

Li Peng

Jiang Zemin

Hu Jintao

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