Jiang Zemin

Jiang Zemin

Jiang Zemin (; simplified Chinese: 江泽民; traditional Chinese: 江澤民; pinyin: Jiāng Zémín; born 17 August 1926) is a Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2004, and as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003. Jiang has been described as the "core of the third generation" of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders since 1989. Jiang came to power unexpectedly as a 'compromise candidate' following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 when he replaced Zhao Ziyang as CCP General Secretary after Zhao was ousted for his support for the student movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiang Zemin has received more than 2,448,044 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Jiang Zemin is the 439th most popular politician (up from 659th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from China (up from 50th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chinese Politician.

Jiang Zemin is most famous for being the leader of China from 1989 to 2002. He was the president of China from 1993 to 2003.