Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician serving as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). Xi has been the paramount leader, the highest-ranking official in China, since 2012 and he officially received the title of “leadership core” from the CPC in 2016. Xi is the first general secretary born after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. A Chinese nationalist, he has tightened restrictions over civil society and ideological discourse by increasing of censorship and mass surveillance.
As the central figure of the fifth generation of leadership of the People’s Republic, Xi has centralised institutional power by taking a wide range of leadership positions, including chairing the newly formed National Security Commission, as well as new steering committees on economic and social reforms, military restructuring and modernization, and the Internet. Xi’s political thoughts have been written into the party and state constitutions. His tenure has also seen a return to a cult of personality and the removal of term limits for the presidency in 2018.
Xi Jinping has an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion.
Net Worth: | $1.5 Billion |
Date of birth: | June 15, 1953 |
Country: | China |
Source of wealth: | President of China |