Li Xiannian

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Li Xiannian

Chinese 李先念

Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Xiānniàn

Wade-Giles Li Hsien-nien

Order: 1st President

Term of Office: June 18, 1983–April 8, 1988

Predecessor: —

Successor: Yang Shangkun

Date of Birth: June 23, 1909

Date of Death: June 21, 1992

Place of Birth: Hong'an, Hubei, China

Wife: —

Political Party: Communist Party of China

Lǐ Xiānniàn (June 23, 1909–June 21, 1992) was President of the People's Republic of China between 1983 and 1988 and then president of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference until his death.

Li joined the Communist Party of China in 1927, and served as an army captain and political commissar for the Chinese Red Army during the Long March.

He was an influential political figure throughout the PRC, having been a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China since 1956. He fell from favour after the Cultural Revolution but was made finance minister in 1973 by Zhou Enlai, and started early moves to a market-based economy. For some years he was a deputy prime minister.

He is considered as one of the Eight Immortals of Communist Party of China.

|- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" |width="30%" align="center" rowspan=""|Preceded by:
Liu Shaoqi
(position vacant since 1968)

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