{"slug": "general-secretary-of-the-chinese-communist-party", "label": "General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q849418", "qid": "Q849418", "description": "head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and de facto leader of China", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1926, 2022], "span_label": ["1926 CE", "2022 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "xi-jinping", "label": "Xi Jinping", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "president-of-china", "label": "President of China", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 1926, "year_label": "1926 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and President of China (d. 2022)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503199#August", "title": "1926", "revid": 1373503199, "section": "Births › August"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Paramount leader of China", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#June", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Births › June"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#January", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – Hu Yaobang, the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, dies. The public reaction to his death spawned a chain of events which led to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#April", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#November", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – After the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping succeeds Hu Jintao as the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and becomes the top leader of China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#November", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – At the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping assumes his second term as General Secretary (China's paramount leader), and the political theory Xi Jinping Thought is written into the party's constitution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371948773#October", "title": "2017", "revid": 1371948773, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – Jiang Zemin, 96, Chinese politician, general secretary of the Communist Party (1989–2002) and president (1993–2003), mayor of Shanghai (1985–1988), leukemia and multiple organ failure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366920603", "title": "Deaths in November 2022", "revid": 1366920603, "section": "Deaths › November"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16–October 23 – The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is held. Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary by the Central Committee, beginning a third term as the paramount leader of China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#October", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › October"}}]}