Former Chinese President and former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Jiang Zemin died Wednesday at the age of 96. This was reported by China Central Television.

According to its information, Jiang Zemin, who suffered from leukemia and functional internal organ failure, died Nov. 30, 2022, at 12:13 p.m. local time in Shanghai.

Jiang Zemin was born on August 17, 1926, in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu. He served as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee from June 1989 to November 2002. From 1993 to 2003, he served as chairman of the People's Republic of China.