Hu Jintao

Hu Jintao
胡锦涛
General Secretary o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae
In office 15 November 2002 – 15 November 2012
Depute	Wu Bangguo Wen Jiabao Jia Qinglin Li Changchun
Precedit bi	Jiang Zemin
Succeedit bi	Xi Jinping
Chairman o the CPC Central Militar Commission
In office 19 September 2004 – 15 November 2012
Depute	Xi Jinping Guo Boxiong Xu Caihou
Precedit bi	Jiang Zemin
Succeedit bi	Xi Jinping
Preses o the Fowk's Republic o Cheenae
In office 15 Mairch 2003 – 14 Mairch 2013
Premier	Wen Jiabao
Vice Preses	Zeng Qinghong Xi Jinping
Precedit bi	Jiang Zemin
Succeedit bi	Xi Jinping
Chairman o the PRC Central Militar Commission
In office 13 Mairch 2005 – 14 Mairch 2013
Depute	Xi Jinping Guo Boxiong Xu Caihou
Precedit bi	Jiang Zemin
Succeedit bi	Xi Jinping
First Secretary o the Central Secretariat o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae
In office 19 October 1992 – 15 November 2002
General Secretary	Jiang Zemin
Precedit bi	Hu Qili
Succeedit bi	Zeng Qinghong
Vice Preses o the Fowk's Republic o Cheenae
In office 15 Mairch 1998 – 15 Mairch 2003
Preses	Jiang Zemin
Precedit bi	Rong Yiren
Succeedit bi	Zeng Qinghong
First Secretary o the Communist Youth League o Cheenae
In office December 1984 – November 1985
Precedit bi	Wang Zhaoguo
Succeedit bi	Song Defu
Personal details
Born	(1942-12-21) 21 December 1942 (age 82) Taizhou, Jiangsu
Poleetical pairty	Communist Pairty
Spoose(s)	Liu Yongqing
Bairns	Hu Haifeng Hu Haiqing
Residence	Zhongnanhai
Alma mater	Tsinghua Varsity

Hu Jintao (pinyin: Hú Jǐntāo, pronoonced [xǔ tɕìntʰáu]; born 21 December 1942) is an umwhile leader o the fowerth generation o leadership o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae. He wis General Secretary o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae frae 2002 tae 2012, Chairman o the CPC Central Militar Commission frae 2004 tae 2012 an Preses o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae frae 2003 tae 2013.

Hu haes been involved in the Communist pairty bureaucracy for maist o his adult life, notably as Pairty secretary for Guizhou province an the Tibet Autonomous Region, an then later First secretary o the Pairty Central Secretariat an Vice-Preses unner umwhile leader Jiang Zemin. Hu is the first leader o the Communist Pairty withoot ony signeeficant revolutionar credentials. As such, his rise tae the leadership representit Cheenae's transition o leadership frae establishment communists tae younger, mair pragmatic technocrats.

Durin his term in office, Hu reintroduced state control in some sectors o the economy that wur relaxed bi the previous admeenistration, an haes been conservative wi poleetical reforms.^[1] Alang wi his colleague, Premier Wen Jiabao, Hu presided ower nearly a decade o consistent economic growth an development that cementit Cheenae as a major warld pouer. He soucht tae improve socio-economic equality domestically throu the Scientific Development Concept, which aimed tae big a "Socialist Harmonious Society" that wis prosperous an free o social conflict.^[2] Meanwhile, Hu kept a ticht lid on Cheenae poleetically, crackin doun on social disturbances, ethnic minority protests, an dissident figures. In foreign policy, Hu advocatit for "Cheenae's peaceful development", pursuin saft pouer in internaitional relations an a business-orientit approach tae diplomacy. Throu Hu's tenure, Cheenae's influence in Africae, Latin Americae, an ither developin regions haes increased.^[3]