jiang zemin

• jiang zemin succeeded deng xiaoping as chairman of the chinese communist party (ccp) central military commission in 1989. he also became general secretary of the ccp in 1989. in 1993 he became president of china. he was mayor of shanghai from 1985 to 1988. he became a member of the central committee of the ccp in 1982 and of the politburo in 1987. born: 1926.