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Discover the life of former President of the People’s Republic of China, Hu Jintao.
Date of birth: December 21, 1942
Birthplace: Jixi City, Anhui Province, China
Birth name: Hu Jintao
Father: merchant Hu Jingzhi
mother: Li Wenrui
marriage: Liu Yongqing
child: Huhaifeng; Huhaiqing
education: Tsinghua University, 1964
He was the first Chinese leader to enter politics after the 1949 communist revolution.
1964- Joined the Communist Party of China (CPC).
1964-1965 – Graduate and Political Lecturer in the Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University.
1965-1968 – Engaged in research and development (R&D), he is a political lecturer in the Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University.
1968-1974- Worked at the Ministry of Water Resources after the Cultural Revolution.
1974-1982 – He held several positions in the Gansu Provincial Construction Commission, eventually becoming Vice Chairman.
1982-1985 – Worked in the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Youth League of the Communist Party of China and eventually became its leader.
1985-1988 – Promoted to Party Committee Secretary of Guizhou Province.
1987-1992 – Member of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
1988-1992- Secretary of the Party Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
1989 – It uses the Chinese military to quell Tibetan protests against Chinese rule.
1992-1997 – Member of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Politburo and Standing Committee.
1993-2002 – President of the Communist Party of China, Central Party School of the Central Committee.
1997-2002 – Member of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Politburo, Standing Committee, and later the Secretariat. He also became Vice Chairman of the 15th Party Central Committee and Central Military Commission.
1998-2003 – Vice President of the People’s Republic of China.
1999-2002 – Vice Chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission.
2002 – Member of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Politburo and Standing Committee. He later became the 16th Party Central Committee General Secretary.
2002-2004 – Vice Chairman of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission.
2002-2005 – Vice Chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission.
From November 2002 He succeeded Jiang Zemin as general secretary of the Communist Party of China.
March 15, 2003 – Elected President of the People’s Republic of China.
September 19, 2004 – Chairman of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Military Commission.
March 13, 2005 – Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission.
From April 2006 First official visit to the United States. He meets with President George W. Bush to discuss trade and North Korea.
January 30 – February 10, 2007 8 countries tour in Africa. During his visit, Hu negotiated more than $1 billion in trade deals, loans and debt cancellations with countries such as Liberia, Sudan and South Africa.
May 7, 2008 – A Chinese leader visits Japan for the first time in 10 years.
November 18-19, 2008 – Fu visits Cuba for two days. He met with former President Fidel Castro and promised that China would provide Cuba with $78 million in donations and credit.
From April 1, 2009 First meeting with US President Barack Obama at the Economic Summit in London.
January 18-21, 2011 – Traveling to the US for a 4 day visit. The visit includes a state dinner at the White House.
From November 15, 2012 Resigned as general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission.
From March 14, 2013 formally resigned as president of the People’s Republic of China.
From October 22, 2022 At important Communist Party Congresses, Hu was repeatedly prevented from looking at the official documents in front of him. After a series of exchanges between senior party leaders, he is escorted.China’s President Xi Jinping Common sense-breaking third term, Chinese state media said on Twitter that Hu’s dismissal was due to poor health.