CHINA-20TH PARTY CONGRESS: 12 OF THE 25 MEMBER POLITBUROS HAVE RETAINED THEIR POSITIONS AND 13 ARE NEW ENTRANTS
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The twelve who have retained their position in the 20th Politburo are:
习近平 Xi Jinping 1953 General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
President of the People's Republic of China
Chairman of the Central Military Commission
王沪宁 Wang Huning 1955 Secretary of the Central Secretariat (first-ranked)
赵乐际 Zhao Leji 1957 Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
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丁薛祥 Ding Xuexiang 1962 Director of the General Office
李希 Li Xi 1956 Party Secretary of Guangdong
李强 Li Qiang 1959 Party Secretary of Shanghai
李鸿忠 Li Hongzhong 1956 Party Secretary of Tianjin
胡春华 Hu Chunhua 1963 Vice Premier of the State Council
张又侠 Zhang Youxia 1950 Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (72 years old)
陈敏尔 Chen Min'er 1960 Party Secretary of Chongqing
黄坤明 Huang Kunming 1956 Head of the Propaganda Department
蔡奇 Cai Qi 1955 Party Secretary of Beijing
(Comment: Among those dropped though below the retirement age are: Premier Li Keqiang,
PBSC member and CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang, former Xinjiang party chief Chen Guanguo
who is 66, years old and Hu Chunhua who was demoted to the Central Committee. There are
no women in the Politburo.)
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