Xi Jinping was re-elected on Friday to his third five-year term as China’s president, in a largely ceremonial role as he reinforces his dominance as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.
Nearly 3,000 members of parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), unanimously voted in the Great Hall of the People for Xi, 69, to continue in office in an election where there was no other candidate.
Voting lasted about an hour and electronic counting was completed in about 15 minutes.
Xi also received unanimous votes for a third term as chairman of the country’s Central Military Commission.
The parliament also elected Zhao Leji as the new speaker of the parliament and Han Zheng as the new vice-president. The two men were from Xi’s previous team of party leaders on the Politburo Standing Committee.
Source: CNN Brasil
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