Chinese President Xi Jinping became the first “three-term president” since the founding of the People’s Republic of China (New China).
According to local media such as Xinhua News Agency, the National People’s Congress (NPC), which is equivalent to the National Assembly of China, held the 3rd plenary session of the 14th 1st meeting on the 10th (local time) and confirmed President Xi’s 3rd consecutive term.
President Xi was elected unanimously with 2,952 valid votes in the national presidential election (single candidate) held at the National People’s Congress that day. He was also elected unanimously in the subsequent election for the chairman of the National Military Commission.
President Xi, who was elected as Party General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party (20th Party Congress) in October last year, was elected as the State President for the third consecutive five-year term, making him the supreme leader of the Party, government, and military in name and reality. done.
President Xi, who rose to the top leadership position (party general secretary and chairman of the party’s Central Military Commission) at the 18th Party Congress in 2012, was elected as the first national president at the National People’s Congress the following year, and succeeded in re-election in 2018.
The head of state, like the prime minister of the State Council and other high-ranking positions in the country, could only serve consecutive terms, but through a constitutional amendment in 2018, the rule limiting three consecutive terms disappeared, and President Xi was the first to apply the amendment. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, President Xi is the first to serve three consecutive terms as president.
In his oath, President Xi Jinping said, “I will be loyal to the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, uphold the authority of the Constitution, and fulfill my legal obligations.” We will work hard to build a modern and beautiful socialist country.”
Source: Donga
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