"In 2012, who was elected as ""General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party"" and will serve as the leader of China until 2022, arguably becoming the most powerful man in the world ?"
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China been, except for transitional periods, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, making the holder the Supreme Military Command of the People's Liberation Army. The current General Secretary is Xi Jinping, who took office on 15 November 2012 and was re-elected on 25 October 2017. Since the abolition of the post of Chairman of the Communist Party of China by the 12th Central Committee in 1982, the General Secretary is the highest-ranking official of the party and heads the Central Secretariat, Political Bureau and its Standing Committee. Since its revival in 1982, the post of General Secretary has been "de
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China General Secretary of the Communist Party of China The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (Chinese: 中国共产党中央委员会总书记) is head of the Communist Party of China and the highest-ranking official within the People's Republic of China. The General Secretary is a standing member of the Politburo and head of the Secretariat. The officeholder is usually considered the "paramount leader" of China. According to the Constitution, the General Secretary serves as an ex officio member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's "de facto" top decision-making body. Since the early 1990s, the holder of the post has