Xi Jinping -- PRC president, CMC chairman

The following is the biographical sketch of Xi Jinping:

Xi Jinping, male, Han ethnicity, was born in June 1953 and is from Fuping, Shaanxi Province. He began his first job in January 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January 1974. Xi graduated from School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University where he completed an in-service graduate program in Marxist theory and ideological and political education. He holds a Doctor of Law degree.

Xi is currently General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, President of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and Chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission.

File photo of Xi Jinping [File photo: Xinhua]

2013- General Secretary, CPC Central Committee

Chairman, CPC Central Military Commission

President, PRC

Chairman, PRC Central Military Commission

2012-2013 General Secretary, CPC Central Committee

Chairman, CPC Central Military Commission

Vice President, PRC

Vice Chairman, PRC Central Military Commission

2010-2012 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau

Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat 

Vice President, PRC 

Vice Chairman, CPC Central Military Commission 

Vice Chairman, PRC Central Military Commission 

President, Central Party School 

2008-2010 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau

Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat 

Vice President, PRC 

President, Central Party School 

2007-2008 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau 

Member, CPC Central Committee Secretariat 

President, Central Party School 

2007 Secretary, CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee 

First Secretary, Party Committee of the Shanghai Garrison Command 

2003-2007 Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee 

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People's Congress 

First Secretary, Party Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region 

2002-2003 Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee 

Acting Governor, Zhejiang Province 

First Secretary, Party Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region 

Vice Chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command 

Chairman, Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee 

2002 Deputy Secretary, CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee 

Acting Governor, Zhejiang Province 

Vice Chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command 

Chairman, Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee 

2000-2002 Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee 

Governor, Fujian Province 

Vice Chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command

Chairman, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee 

First Political Commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division 

Attended an in-service graduate program in Marxist theory and ideological and political education at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University and was awarded a Doctor of Law degree (1998-2002) 

1999-2000 Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee 

Acting Governor, Fujian Province 

Vice Chairman, National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Area Command 

Chairman, Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee 

First Political Commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division 

1996-1999 Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee 

First Political Commissar, Fujian Provincial Anti-aircraft Artillery Reserve Division 

1995-1996 Deputy Secretary, CPC Fujian Provincial Committee 

Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress 

First Secretary, Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Sub-region 

1993-1995 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee 

Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress 

First Secretary, Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Sub-region 

1990-1993 Secretary, CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee, Fujian Province 

Chairman, Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal People's Congress, Fujian Province 

First Secretary, Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Sub-region

1988-1990 Secretary, CPC Ningde Prefectural Committee, Fujian Province 

First Secretary, Party Committee of the Ningde Military Sub-region 

1985-1988 Member, Standing Committee of the CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee, Fujian Province 

Vice Mayor, Xiamen 

1983-1985 Secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei Province 

First Political Commissar and Party Committee First Secretary, Zhengding County Military Affairs Department, Hebei Province 

1982-1983 Deputy Secretary, CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei Province 

1979-1982 Office secretary, General Office of the State Council 

Office secretary, General Office of the Central Military Commission (active duty) H 1975-1979 Studied basic organic synthesis at Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University 

1969-1975 Educated youth and Party branch secretary, Liangjiahe Brigade, Wen'anyi Commune, Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province 

Alternate member, 15th CPC Central Committee 

Member, 16th through 19th CPC Central Committees 

Member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, and Secretariat, 17th CPC Central Committee 

Member, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee, and General Secretary, 18th and 19th CPC Central Committees 

Elected PRC Vice President at the First Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) 

Appointed CPC Central Military Commission Vice Chairman at the Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee 

Appointed PRC Central Military Commission Vice Chairman at the 17th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th NPC 

Appointed CPC Central Military Commission Chairman at the First Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee 

Elected PRC President and PRC Central Military Commission Chairman at the First Session of the 12th NPC 

Appointed CPC Central Military Commission Chairman at the First Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee.

Elected PRC President and PRC Central Military Commission Chairman at the First Session of the 13th NPC.