Leadership of the People's Republic of China

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

CPC Leaders after PRC established

Main articles: General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and Chairman of the Communist Party of China

Order	Image	Chairmen / General Secretaries	Term Start	Term End
Chairman of the Central Committee (1945-1982)
1		Mao Zedong (毛泽东 / 毛澤東) (1893-12-26)26 December 1893 -	19 June 1945	9 September 1976
2		Hua Guofeng (华国锋 / 華國鋒) (1921-02-16)16 February 1921 -	7 October 1976	28 June 1981
3		Hu Yaobang (胡耀邦) (1915-11-20)20 November 1915 -	29 June 1981	11 September 1982
General Secretary of the Central Committee (1982-)
1		Hu Yaobang	11 September 1982	15 January 1987
Acting	80px	Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳 / 趙紫陽) (1919-10-17)17 October 1919 -	16 January 1987	1 November 1987
2			2 November 1987	23 June 1989
3	80px	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	80px	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

Main article: President 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)
—	80x80px 80x80px	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
*	130px	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
—	130px	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	130px	Li Xiannian 李先念 (1909–1992) Hubei At-large	6	18 June 1983	8 April 1988	Ulanhu
4	130px	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	130px	Xi Jinping 习近平（習近平） (1953-)	12	14 March 2013	Incumbent	Li Yuanchao

Premiers of the People's Republic of China

Main article: Premier of the People's Republic of China

№	Portrait	Premiers	Term	Term of office		Days
1	130px	Zhou Enlai 周恩来（周恩來） (1898-1976) Beijing At-large	CP	1 October 1949 (acting)	15 September 1954
			1	15 September 1954	18 April 1959
			2	18 April 1959	21 December 1964
			3	21 December 1964	4 January 1975
			4	4 January 1975	8 January 1976†
			Geneva Conference in 1954, Asian-African Conference, 1972 Nixon visit to China, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution †Died in office (cancer)			Total
2		Hua Guofeng 华国锋（華國鋒） (1921-2008) Hunan At-large	4 (cont)	4 February 1976 (acting)	7 April 1976
				7 April 1976	5 March 1978
			5	5 March 1978	10 September 1980*
			Two Whatevers, Tiananmen Incident, Downfall of the Gang of Four, Sino-Vietnamese War, One Child Policy * Ousted			Total
3	130px	Zhao Ziyang 赵紫阳（趙紫陽） (1919-2005) Beijing At-large	5 (cont)	10 September 1980 (acting)	6 June 1983
			6	6 June 1983	24 November 1987§
			Chinese economic reform, Sino-British Joint Declaration, Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 § Resigned			Total
4	130px	Li Peng 李鹏（李鵬） (1928-) Beijing At-large	6 (cont)	24 November 1987 (acting)	25 March 1988
			7	25 March 1988	15 March 1993
			8	15 March 1993	17 March 1998
			Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Three Gorges Dam, Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong			Total
5	130px	Zhu Rongji 朱镕基（朱鎔基） (1928-) Hunan At-large	9	17 March 1998	16 March 2003
			Transfer of sovereignty over Macau, accession to the WTO			Total
6		Wen Jiabao 温家宝（溫家寶） (1942-) Gansu At-large	10	16 March 2003	16 March 2008
			11	16 March 2008	15 March 2013
			SARs outbreak, Anti-Secession Law, H5N1 avian flu outbreak, 2008 Sichuan earthquake			Total
7		Li Keqiang 李克强（李克強） (1955-)	12	15 March 2013	Incumbent
			Lushan earthquake			Total

Chairmen of the NPC Standing Committee

Main article: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

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） 130px	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） 130px	March 15, 1998	March 15, 2003
8	10	Wu Bangguo 吴邦国（吳邦國） 130px	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

Main article: Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

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） 130px	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 130px	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） 130px	March 1993	March 1998
	09		March 1998	March 2003
07	10	Jia Qinglin 贾庆林（賈慶林） 130px	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

Main article: Chairman of the 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	80px	Xi Jinping	November 15, 2012	Incumbent