by: Irrish Dimayuga

List of Presidents of the People's Republic of China

№	Portrait	Presidents	Term	Term of office		Vice Presidents
1		Mao Zedong 毛泽东 (1893–1976) Beijing At-large	CP	1 October 1949 (acting)	27 September 1954	Zhu De Liu Shaoqi Song Qingling Zhang Lan Li Jishen Gao Gang
			1	27 September 1954	27 April 1959	Zhu De
2		Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 (1898–1969) Beijing At-large	2	27 April 1959	21 December 1964	Song Qingling Dong Biwu
			3	21 December 1964	31 October 1968 (ousted)
—		Song Qingling 宋庆龄 (1893–1981) Shanghai At-large Dong Biwu 董必武 (1886-1975) Hubei At-large	3 (cont)	31 October 1968 (acting)	24 February 1972 (resigned) 17 January 1975	vacant
*		as NPCSC Chairman Zhu De 朱德 (1886–1976) Sichuan At-large	4	17 January 1975	6 July 1976 (died in office)	vacant
*		as NPCSC Chairwoman Song Qingling 宋庆龄 (1893–1981) Shanghai At-large	4 (cont)	6 July 1976	5 March 1978	vacant
*		as NPCSC Chairman Ye Jianying 叶剑英 (1897–1986) PLA At-large	5	5 March 1978	16 May 1981	vacant
—		as Honorary President Song Qingling 宋庆龄 (1893–1981) Shanghai At-large	5 (cont)	16 May 1981	28 May 1981	vacant
*		as NPCSC Chairman Ye Jianying 叶剑英 (1897–1986) PLA At-large	5 (cont)	28 May 1981	18 June 1983	vacant
3		Li Xiannian 李先念 (1909–1992) Hubei At-large	6	18 June 1983	8 April 1988	Ulanhu
4		Yang Shangkun 杨尚昆 (1907-1998) Sichuan At-large	7	8 April 1988	27 March 1993	Wang Zhen
5		Jiang Zemin 江泽民 (1926-) Shanghai At-large	8	27 March 1993	15 March 1998	Rong Yiren
			9	15 March 1998	23 March 2003	Hu Jintao
6		Hu Jintao 胡锦涛 (1942-) Tibet At-large (03-08) Zhejiang At-large (08-)	10	23 March 2003	15 March 2008	Zeng Qinghong
			11	15 March 2008	Incumbent (term expires 2013)	Xi Jinping