Chairman Hu Jintao, a native of Jixi, Anhui Province, was born in December 1942. He joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in April 1964 and began to work in July 1965 after he graduated from the Water Conservancy Engineering Department of Tsinghua University, where he had a major in the study of hub hydropower stations. He is an engineer.
Hu Jintao was elected president of the People's Republic of China on March 15, 2003.He is now general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, president of the People's Republic of China, chairman of the Central Military Commission.

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