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Top legislature accepts Jiang's resignation
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-08 09:36 China's top legislature, the National People's
Congress (NPC), accepted Jiang Zemin's request to resign from his remaining post
as chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China
on Tuesday.
Approximately 3,000 NPC deputies adopted a resolution to
accept Jiang's request of resignation through vote, marking the complete
retirement of Jiang, 78, who held the position for 15 years since 1990.
President Hu Jintao (L) and Jiang Zemin shake
hands at the Fourth Plenum of the 16th CPC Central Committee in Beijing
September 19, 2004. At the meeting, Hu succeeded Jiang Zemin as
chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of
China. [Xinhua] |
Jiang submitted his letter of resignation to the presidium of the current NPC
annual session Friday. The presidium on Monday adopted a draft resolution to
accept his request and decided to submit it to Tuesday's plenum for vote.
Prior to the vote, NPC deputies had deliberated Jiang's letter requesting
resignation and the draft resolution on accepting the request in panel
discussions.
Jiang became general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) in 1989 and chairman of the Central Military Commission of
the CPC in the same year. He became chairman of the state Central Military
Commission in 1990.
China establishes a chairmanship of the state Central
Military Commission, according to its Constitution. Late senior Chinese leader
Deng Xiaoping was the first chairman of the state Central Military Commission
before being succeeded by Jiang Zemin.
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Jiang Zemin
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Deng and Jiang were both chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission and
state Central Military Commission since the position was established in 1982.
Jiang no longer served as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee in
2002 and president of China in 2003. He resigned from the top military post last
September and was succeeded by Hu Jintao, who in 2002 was elected general
secretary of the CPC Central Committee and in 2003, president of China.
In his letter requesting resignation last September, Jiang saidhe "had always
looked forward to the complete retirement from leading positions." He proposed
Hu Jintao succeed him, which was ratified by the CPC Central Committee.
The CPC Central Committee said in a communique last year that in the 15 years
as he served as chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, Jiang "grasped
the development trends of new military reforms in the world with his great
insight" and had enriched the army building ideas.
"Under his leadership, national defense and army modernization process had
achieved tremendous success," said the communique.
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