Jiang Zemin is a retired Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003. Jiang has described as the "core of the third generation" of Communist Party leaders since 1989. Also, his long career and political prominence have led to him being "paramount leader" of China. Jiang Zemin came to power following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, replacing Zhao Ziyang as General Secretary, the highest office within the Communist Party of China. With the waning influence of Deng Xiaoping and the other members of Eight Elders due to old age ? and with the help of old and powerful party and state leaders, elder Chen Yun and former President Li Xiannian ? Jiang effectively became the "paramount leader" in the 1990s. 

August 17th, 1926 in Jiangdu County  /  Died:   Nov 30th, 2022 - leukemia and multiple organ failure