Jiang Zemin

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Jiang Zemin was the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China who led the country through the 1990s and early 2000s, overseeing economic reform and promoting the ideological framework known as the "Three Represents."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese politician
Communist leader
human
birthDate 1926-08-17
birthPlace Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
burialPlace Shanghai, China
causeOfDeath leukemia-related multiple organ failure
countryOfCitizenship China
deathDate 2022-11-30
educatedAt Shanghai Jiao Tong University
era post-Tiananmen period
event oversaw Hong Kong’s handover to China in 1997
oversaw Macau’s handover to China in 1999
fieldOfStudy electrical engineering
ideology communism
socialism with Chinese characteristics
knownFor China’s accession to the World Trade Organization
continuing market-oriented economic reforms
expanding China’s integration into the global economy
leading China in the 1990s and early 2000s
overseeing rapid economic growth in China
languageSpoken English
Mandarin Chinese
memberOfPoliticalParty Chinese Communist Party
name Jiang Zemin
nativeName 江泽民
notableWork Three Represents
numberOfChildren 2
occupation engineer
statesman
officeEnd Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CCP):2004-09-19
Chairman of the Central Military Commission (PRC):2005-03-08
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party:2002-11-15
President of the People’s Republic of China:2003-03-15
officeStart Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CCP):1989-11-09
Chairman of the Central Military Commission (PRC):1990-03-19
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party:1989-06-24
President of the People’s Republic of China:1993-03-27
positionHeld Chairman of the Central Military Commission
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
President of the People’s Republic of China
precededBy Deng Xiaoping
promoted Three Represents
religion atheism
residence Beijing
Shanghai
spouse Wang Yeping
succeededBy Hu Jintao


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