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The table provides a chronological list of the leaders of the People’s Republic of China since 1949.

Leaders of the People's Republic of China Since 1949
Chinese Communist Party leaders
name title dates
Mao Zedong CCP chairman 1949–1976
Hua Guofeng CCP chairman 1976–1981
Hu Yaobang CCP chairman; after September 1982,
general secretary of the CCP 		1981–1987
Zhao Ziyang CCP general secretary 1987–1989
Jiang Zemin CCP general secretary 1989–2002
Hu Jintao CCP general secretary 2002–12
Xi Jinping CCP general secretary 2012–
premiers
name dates
Zhou Enlai 1949–1976
Hua Guofeng 1976–1980
Zhao Ziyang 1980–1987
Li Peng 1987–1998
Zhu Rongji 1998–2003
Wen Jiabao 2003–2013
Li Keqiang 2013–