Jiang Zemin (traditional Chinese: 江泽民) (17 August 1926 –
30 November 2022), was a Chinese politician who was the core leader of the
third generation of Chinese leadership. After 1979, he was appointed as
the vice chair of two commissions to oversee the newly-established "Special
Economic Zones", and in 1982 was appointed vice-Minister of Electronics Industry.
That same year, he was elevated to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Central
Committee. Jiang was appointed mayor of Shanghai in 1985 and, in 1987, he rose to a
seat on the CCP's Politburo.
Jiang subsequently served as the General Secretary of the CCP and the fourth "paramount leader" of China from 1989 to 2002, as the chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as the President of China from 1993 to 2003.
Documents
Selected Works of Jiang Zemin. Volume I [1980-1997], 2010
Selected Works of Jiang Zemin. Volume II [1997-2000], 2012