List of Presidents of the People's Republic of China

Chairman of the Central People's Government
image	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
	Mao Zedong	October 1, 1949	September 27, 1954
President of the People's Republic of China
image	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
	Mao Zedong	September 27, 1954	April 27, 1959
	Liu Shaoqi	April 27, 1959	October 31, 1968
	Song Qingling	October 31, 1968	February 24, 1972
	Dong Biwu	October 31, 1968	17th January 1975
Chair of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
image	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
	Zhu De	17th January 1975	July 6, 1976
	Song Qingling	July 6, 1976	March 5th 1978
	Ye Jianying	March 5th 1978	June 18, 1983
President
image	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
	Li Xiannian	June 18, 1983	April 8, 1988
	Yang Shangkun	April 8, 1988	March 27, 1993
	Jiang Zemin	March 27, 1993	March 15, 2003
	Hu Jintao	March 15, 2003	March 14, 2013
	Xi Jinping	March 14, 2013	in office