China: authorities announce death of former President Jiang Zemin

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led his country through an era of profound upheaval from 1989 until the early 2000s, died Wednesday at the age of 96, the state-run China news agency said. New.

He had come to power the day after the crackdown on protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and had accompanied the transformation of the most populous nation in the world into a world power.

“Jiang Zemin died of leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12:13 p.m. (Wednesday) November 30, 2022, at the age of 96,” Xinhua reported.

Former mayor and head of the Communist Party in Shanghai, Jiang Zemin continued, with a close circle of leaders, to exert influence on Chinese political life even after his official retirement, according to analysts. He leaves behind his wife Wang Yeping and two sons.