Hu Jintao Named Chairman of CPC Central Military Commission

Hu Jintao was named chairman of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Military Commission at the first plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee here on Monday.

Hu succeeded Jiang Zemin as chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission in September 2004 after Jiang resigned. Before that Hu had been vice chairman of the commission since 1999.

Hu was an alternate member and member of the 12th CPC Central Committee, and has been a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee since 1992.

Hu was also elected on Monday chief of the Communist Party of China for the second term.

Other members of the newly elected Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 17th CPC Central Committee are Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang.

A native of Jixi County, Anhui Province, Hu was born in December 1942. In 1959, he was enrolled by Qinghua University and graduated from the Hydraulic Engineering Department in 1965. He joined the Party in April 1964.

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