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China re-elects Hu Jintao as president
China's parliament re-elected Hu Jintao as president on Saturday and gave next generation leader Xi Jinping a five-year mandate as vice-president.
- AP
- Published: 10:08 March 15, 2008
Beijing: China's parliament re-elected Hu Jintao as president on Saturday and gave next generation leader Xi Jinping a five-year mandate as vice-president.
The National People's Congress, or parliament, re-elected Hu as president with 2,956 votes for, three against and five abstentions.
Xi, who joined the Communist Party's nine-member Politburo Standing Committee last October, collected 2,919 votes with 28 against and 17 abstentions.
Hu, who doubles as party chief, was also re-elected chairman of the state Central Military Commission with 2,959 votes, four against and four abstentions.
The president will nominate a premier, who is widely expected to be endorsed by the rubber-stamp parliament on Sunday.
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