List of general secretaries and chairmen of the Communist Party of China
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The following is a list of people who held the office of either General Secretary or Chairman of the Communist Party of China.
Contents
- 1 List of party leaders
- 1.1 Secretary of the Central Bureau (1921–1922)
- 1.2 Chairman of the Central Executive Committee (1922–1925)
- 1.3 General Secretary of the Central Committee (1925–1943)
- 1.4 Chairman of the Central Politburo (1943–1969)
- 1.5 Chairman of the Central Committee (1945–1982)
- 1.6 General Secretary of the Central Committee (1982–present)
- 2 See also
List of party leaders
Secretary of the Central Bureau (1921–1922)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party Congress | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 100px | Chen Duxiu 陈独秀 (1879–1942) |
1 July 1921 | July 1922 | I (23–31 July 1921) II (16–23 July 1922) |
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| Post abolished | ||||||
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee (1922–1925)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party Congress | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100px | Chen Duxiu 陈独秀 (1879–1942) |
July 1922 | January 1925 | II (16–23 July 1922) III (12–20 June 1923) IV (11–22 January 1925) |
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| Post abolished until 1945 | ||||||
General Secretary of the Central Committee (1925–1943)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party Congress | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100px | Chen Duxiu 陈独秀 (1879–1942) |
January 1925 | 7 August 1927 | IV (11–22 January 1925) | |
| 2 | 100px | Xiang Zhongfa 向忠发 (1880–1931) |
July 1928 | 24 June 1931 | V (27 April-9 May 1927) VI (18 June-11 July 1928) |
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| 3 |  |
Bo Gu 博古 (1907–1946) |
September 1931 | January 1935 | Zunyi (15–17 January 1935) | |
| 4 | 100px | Zhang Wentian 张闻天 (1900–1976) |
January 1935 | 20 March 1943 | Zunyi (15–17 January 1935) | |
| Post abolished until 1982 | ||||||
Chairman of the Central Politburo (1943–1969)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party Congress | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Mao Zedong 毛泽东 (1893–1976) |
20 March 1943 | 24 April 1969 | VII (23 April–11 June 1945) VIII (15–27 September 1956) Lushan (2 July–16 August 1959) IX (1–24 April 1969) |
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| Post abolished | ||||||
Chairman of the Central Committee (1945–1982)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party Congress | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | |
Mao Zedong 毛泽东 (1893–1976) |
19 June 1945 | 9 September 1976 | VII (23 April–11 June 1945) VIII (15–27 September 1956) Lushan (2 July–16 August 1959) IX (1–24 April 1969) X (24–28 August 1973) |
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| 3 |  |
Hua Guofeng 华国锋 (1921–2008) |
7 October 1976 | 28 June 1981 | XI (12–18 August 1977) 3rd Plenum (18–22 December 1978) |
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| 3 |  |
Hu Yaobang 胡耀邦 (1915–1989) |
28 June 1981 | 11 September 1982 | XII (1–11 September 1982) | |
| Post abolished | ||||||
General Secretary of the Central Committee (1982–present)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party Congress | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | |
Hu Yaobang 胡耀邦 (1915–1989) |
11 September 1982 | 15 January 1987 | XII (1–11 September 1982) | |
| 6 | 100px | Zhao Ziyang 赵紫阳 (1919–2005) |
15 January 1987 | 23 June 1989 | XIII (25 October-1 November 1987) | |
| 7 | 100px | Jiang Zemin 江泽民 (1926–) |
23 June 1989 | 15 November 2002 | XIV (12–18 October 1992) XV (12–18 September 1997) XVI (8–15 November 2002) |
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| 8 |  |
Hu Jintao 胡锦涛 (1942–) |
15 November 2002 | 15 November 2012 | XVI (8–15 November 2002) XVII (15–21 October 2007) XVIII (8–15 November 2012) |
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| 9 |  |
Xi Jinping 习近平 (1953–) |
15 November 2012 | Incumbent | XVIII (8–15 November 2012) | |
