1942 - Today
Hu Jintao (; Chinese: 胡锦涛; pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo; Mandarin pronunciation: [xǔ tɕìn.tʰáu]; born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese politician, who was General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 2003 to 2013 and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2004 to 2012. He was a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top decision-making body, from 1992 to 2012. Hu is considered to have been the paramount leader of China from 2004 to 2012.Hu participated in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for most of his career, notably as Party Committee Secretary for Guizhou province and the Tibet Autonomous Region and then later First Secretary of the CCP Central Secretariat and Vice-President under former leader Jiang Zemin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hu Jintao has received more than 3,055,000 page views. His biography is available in 104 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 103 in 2019). Hu Jintao is the 301st most popular politician (up from 372nd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from China (up from 28th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Chinese Politician.
Hu Jintao is most famous for being the president of China from 2003 to 2013.
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Among politicians, Hu Jintao ranks 301 out of 15,710. Before him are Konstantin Chernenko, Charles VI of France, Elizabeth of Russia, Shimon Peres, Hugh Capet, and Joachim von Ribbentrop. After him are Constantine XI Palaiologos, Galba, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Alexander Dubček.
1911 - 1985
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 295
1368 - 1422
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 296
1709 - 1762
HPI: 81.51
Rank: 297
1923 - 2016
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 298
940 - 996
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 299
1893 - 1946
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 300
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.41
Rank: 301
1404 - 1453
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 302
3 BC - 69
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 303
1050 - 1106
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 304
1889 - 1964
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 305
1908 - 1973
HPI: 81.33
Rank: 306
1921 - 1992
HPI: 81.33
Rank: 307
Among people born in 1942, Hu Jintao ranks 11. Before him are Amitabh Bachchan, Paul McCartney, Joe Biden, Eusébio, Jimi Hendrix, and Ratko Mladić. After him are Harrison Ford, Peter Handke, Barbra Streisand, Ronnie James Dio, Isabel Allende, and Aretha Franklin.
1942 - Present
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 5
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.79
Rank: 6
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 7
1942 - 2014
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 8
1942 - 1970
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 9
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 10
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.41
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 12
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 14
1942 - 2010
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 15
1942 - Present
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 16
1942 - 2018
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 17
Among people born in China, Hu Jintao ranks 20 out of 1,186. Before him are Puyi (1906), Cao Cao (155), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Ip Man (1893), Wu Zetian (624), and Xi Jinping (1953). After him are Kangxi Emperor (1654), Qianlong Emperor (1711), Mencius (-372), Xuanzang (602), Cai Lun (48), and Zhuge Liang (181).
1906 - 1967
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 14
155 - 220
HPI: 82.78
Rank: 15
1835 - 1908
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 16
1893 - 1972
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 17
624 - 705
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 18
1953 - Present
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.41
Rank: 20
1654 - 1722
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 21
1711 - 1799
HPI: 81.22
Rank: 22
372 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 23
602 - 664
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 24
48 - 121
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 25
181 - 234
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 26
Among politicians born in China, Hu Jintao ranks 11. Before him are Sun Yat-sen (1866), Kublai Khan (1215), Puyi (1906), Empress Dowager Cixi (1835), Wu Zetian (624), and Xi Jinping (1953). After him are Kangxi Emperor (1654), Qianlong Emperor (1711), Liu Bei (161), Hongwu Emperor (1328), Jiang Zemin (1926), and Yongle Emperor (1360).
1866 - 1925
HPI: 84.12
Rank: 5
1215 - 1294
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 6
1906 - 1967
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 7
1835 - 1908
HPI: 82.70
Rank: 8
624 - 705
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 10
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.41
Rank: 11
1654 - 1722
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 12
1711 - 1799
HPI: 81.22
Rank: 13
161 - 223
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 14
1328 - 1398
HPI: 80.07
Rank: 15
1926 - Present
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 16
1360 - 1424
HPI: 79.71
Rank: 17