Xi Jinping re-elected as Chinese President for third time

Deputies of the National People’s Congress (NPC, the highest body of state power in China) unanimously voted for Xi Jinping’s candidacy for the presidency of the PRC. About it informs xinhua agency.

This is the first leader in Chinese history to be re-elected for a third five-year term. He received 2952 votes, writes CNN.

At the same time, Xi Jinping was also elected to the post of chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the PRC. Earlier, in the fall of 2022, he was also re-elected as the head of the Communist Party for the third time.

March 2018 in China canceled the restriction, according to which the President of the People’s Republic of China could only hold office for two five-year terms. At the time, it was reported that the removal of restrictions would bring the constitution into line with the charter of the Communist Party of China. There are no restrictions in the party charter concerning the term of office of the general secretary of the Central Committee.

Xi Jinping became general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in 2012, and the following year he was elected chairman of the PRC and, accordingly, chairman of the country’s Central Military Commission.