Former Chinese President Xiang Zemin died today at the age of 96, Chinese state media reported.
Xiang Zemin died as a result of leukaemia and multi-organ failure in Shanghai at 12:13 pm (local time), the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Xiang Zemin's career
The deceased served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002, president of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003 and president of the National People's Congress and the People's Liberation Army from 1989 to 2004.
He came to power after the bloody Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing and led the transformation of the world's most populous country into a global power.
Source: iefimerida.gr
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