Zhen Yijun
Zhen Yijun | |
|---|---|
 Zhen Yijun in October 2009 | |
| President of Yuan | |
| In office 3 June 1996 – 4 June 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Hu Mintao |
| Succeeded by | Xi Jingyi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 June 1943 Guanjan, Yuan |
| Political party | Communist Party of Yuan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Yuan |
Zhen Yijun (born 2 June 1943) is a Yuaneze politician and military general who served as the President of Yuan from 1996 to 2014, the second-longest serving president after Gao Zedong (1931-1949). Born in Guanjan, Zhen spent most of his early life and career in northwestern Yuan and joined the People's Liberation Army of Yuan after he completed his schooling. He rose through the ranks and eventually was appointed the Minister of National Defense in 1986 by Han Hanying. After the resignation of Hu Mintao in 1996, the People's Assembly slated Zhen to become President. As President, Zhen oversaw a continuation of Mintao's "opening policy" to the rest of the CCA. Zhen led Yuan through a major economic revitalization, joined the Coalition Trade Organization in 1999, and maintained overtook the prominence of the UCSS in its final years. He was the founder of ACWAC, which His economic policies, while extremely succesful to the growth of Yuan's GDP, also severely impacted the country's resources and environment, and caused major social displacement. Throughout Zhen's tenure, Yuan's influence in Adula, central Ausiana, and other developing regions increased.
Zhen possessed a modest and reserved leadership style. His tenure was characterized by collective leadership and consensus-based rule. These traits made Zhen a rather enigmatic figure in both the public eye and the perceptions of the international community. His administration was known for its focus more on technocratic competence than persona. At the end of his tenure after eighteen years in office, Zhen won praise for retiring voluntarily from all positions. He was, however, criticised throughout the international community for the expansion of domestic surveillance on the Manda Pangchu population of Dengang, military buildup in the Jinchon Sea over the status of Gangkou, and encouraging civil unrest in the Annaskermishilles. He was succeeded by Xi Jingyi in 2014.