Chairmen of the Central Military Commission (1925-present)

Question 1

1st (1925-1926)
(As Head of the Military Department)

Answer 1

Zhāng Guó Tāo (张国焘)

Question 2

2nd (1926-1928, 1929-1930, and 1930-1931)
(As Secretary of the Central Military Commission,
Head of the Military Department)

Answer 2

Zhōu Ēn Lái (周恩来)

Question 3

3rd (1928-1929)
(As Head of the Military Department)

Answer 3

Yáng Yīn (杨殷)

Question 4

4th (1930-1930)
(As Secretary of the Central Military Commission)

Answer 4

Guān Xiàng Yīng (关向应)

Question 5

5th (1931-1932)
(As Head of the Military Department)

Answer 5

Lǐ Fù Chūn (李富春)

Question 6

6th (1932-1932)
(As Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Soviet Republic)

Answer 6

Xiàng Yīng (项英)

Question 7

7th (1932-1936)
(As Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Soviet Republic)

Answer 7

Zhū Dé (朱德)

Question 8

8th (1936-1949 and 1954-1976)
(As Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Soviet Republic,
Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party)

Answer 8

Máo Zé Dōng (毛泽东)

Question 9

9th (1976-1981)
(As Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party)

Answer 9

Huà Guó Fēng (华国锋)

Question 10

10th (1981-1989)
(As Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party)

Answer 10

Dèng Xiǎo Píng (邓小平)

Question 11

11th (1989-2004)
(As Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party)

Answer 11

Jiāng Zé Mín (江泽民)

Question 12

12th (2004-2012)
(As Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party)

Answer 12

Hú Jǐn Tāo (胡锦涛)

Question 13

13th (2012-present)
(As Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party)

Answer 13

Xí Jìn Píng (习近平)