Xi Jingyi
His Excellency Xi Jingyi | |
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| Xi Jingyi | |
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| In office June 4th, 2014 – July 15th, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Zhen Yijun |
| Succeeded by | Qin Chen |
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| Born | 15 June 1953 (age 69) Shanghan, Yuan |
Xi Jingyi is a Yuaneze politician who served as the President of the People's Republic of Yuan, a position he assumed in 2014 and lost in 2022. As the central figure of the fifth generation of leadership of the People's Republic, Xi has significantly centralised institutional power by taking on a wide range of leadership positions, including chairing the National Security Commission, as well as new steering committees on economic and social reforms, military restructuring and modernization, and the internet. Xi's political thoughts have been written into the party and state constitutions, and a cult of personality has developed around him. Xi has been labelled a dictator by some political observers, citing an increase of censorship and mass surveillance, deterioration in human rights, and the removal of term limits for the presidency under his tenure, granting him many international condemnations from the Coalition of Crown Albatross.
After the escalation of the Jinchon Sea crisis and ACWAC-military action against Tasiastan in 2022, the People's Assembly removed Xi from power and replaced him with Qin Chen, who was previously the Vice Premier. Newly appointed Vice Premier Liang Cai laid out charges of corruption and centralization surpassing the authority of the Communist Party against Xi, and ultimately he was found guilty of 22 charges and sentenced to house arrest. In July 2024 his house arrest was lifted but he has been restricted to a specific districted zone within Shanghan.
Early life
Political Career
Presidency
Ouster
On July 15th, 2022, the People's Assembly determined in a closed-doors meeting to remove Xi Jingyi from his office as public dissent over the Jinchon Sea crisis and a series of clashes with Tasiastan resulted in the first widespread protests in Yuan since the 1993 Nichiaman Square protests. In agreement, the People's Assembly ordered military officials to detain Xi, and he was placed under house arrest. International observers likened the act to an internal coup. Xi was stripped of all official titles and was replaced with Vice-Premier Qin Chen.
