Xi Jinping third time elected as Chinese president on Friday.
The appointment by China’s parliament comes after Xi Jinping locked in another five years as head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October.
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Since then, the 69-year-old Xi Jinping has weathered widespread protests over his zero-COVID policy and the deaths of countless people after its abandonment. Those issues have been avoided at this week’s National People’s Congress (NPC), a carefully choreographed event that is also set to appoint Xi ally Li Qiang as the new premier.
On Friday, delegates handed Xi Jinping a third term as China’s president and re-elected him as head of the country’s Central Military Commission in a unanimous vote.
In other NPC votes, 68-year-old Han Zheng was chosen as the new vice president while Zhao Leji, 66, was named the new parliament chair. Both men were from Xi’s previous team of party leaders at the Politburo Standing Committee.
About Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician and the current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, the President of the People’s Republic of China, and the Chairman of the Central Military Commission. He was born on 15th June 1953, in Beijing, China. He is the son of Xi Zhongxun, a prominent Communist Party leader and a revolutionary hero who served as a vice-premier under Mao Zedong.
Xi Jinping began his political career in the 1970s and rose through the ranks of the Communist Party. He served as the Governor of Fujian Province, the Party Secretary of Zhejiang Province, and the Party Secretary of Shanghai before being appointed to the Politburo Standing Committee, the highest decision-making body in China, in 2007. He became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China in 2012 and assumed the presidency the following year.
Xi Jinping is known for his campaign against corruption, his promotion of Chinese nationalism, and his efforts to strengthen China’s global influence. He has also overseen significant economic reforms in China and launched ambitious infrastructure projects such as the Belt and Road Initiative.
