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Chinese leaders

From 1978 to 1997, effective control of China was in the hands of ‘paramount leader’ Deng Xiaoping ( Teng Hsiao-ping), State Vice-Premier and Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army. He was succeeded by Jiang Zemin.
Chairman of the Communist Party
1935–76	Mao Zedong ( Mao Tse-tung)
1976–81	Hua Guofeng ( Huo Kuo-feng)
1981–82	Hu Yaobang ( Hu Yao-pang)
General Secretary of the Communist Party
1982–87	Hu Yaobang
1987–89	Zhao Ziyang ( Chao Tzu-yang)
1989–	Jiang Zemin ( Chiang Tse-min)
President
1949–59	Mao Zedong
1959–68	Liu Shaoqi ( Liu Shao-ch'i)
1968–75	Dong Biwu ( Tung Pi-wu)
1975–76	Zhu De ( Chu Te)
1976–78	Song Qingling ( Sung Ch'ing-ling)
1978–83	Ye Jianying ( Yeh Chien-ying)
1983–88	Li Xiannian ( Li Hsien-nien)
1988–93	Yang Shangkun ( Yang Shang-k'un)
1993–2003	Jiang Zemin
2003–	Hu Jintao
Prime Minister
1949–76	Zhou Enlai ( Chou En-lai)
1976–80	Hua Guofeng
1980–87	Zhao Ziyang
1987–98	Li Peng ( Li P'eng)
1998–2003	Zhu Rongji
2003–	Wen Jiabao

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