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# Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c17.s2: List of Heads of State of India and China

Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c17.s2

- **Language:** English

### List of Heads of State of India and China

### [v2.c17.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v2.c17.s2.1)

List of Presidents of India

### [v2.c17.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v2.c17.s2.2)

1. Rajendra Prasad (26 January, 1950- 13 May, 1962)  
2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (13 May, 1962- 13 May, 1967)  
3. Zakir Hussain (13 May, 1967- 3 May, 1969) (The office of the President remained vacant. 3 May, 1969- 24 August, 1969)  
4. Varahagiri Venkata Giri (24 August, 1969- 24 August, 1974)  
5. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (24 August, 1974- 11 February, 1977) (The office of the President remained vacant. 11 February, 1977- 25 July, 1977)  
6. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (25 July, 1977- 25 July, 1982)  
7. Giani Zail Singh (25 July, 1982- 25 July, 1987)  
8. Ramaswamy Venkataraman (25 July, 1987- 25 July, 1992)  
9. Shankar Dayal Sharma (25 July, 1992- 25 July, 1997)  
10. Kocheril Raman Narayanan (25 July, 1997- 25 July, 2002)  
11. A P J Abdul Kalam (25 July, 2002- 25 July, 2007)  
12. Pratibha Patil (25 July, 2007- 25 July, 2012)  
13. Pranab Kumar Mukherjee (25 July, 2012- )

### [v2.c17.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v2.c17.s2.3)

List of Heads of State of China

### [v2.c17.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v2.c17.s2.4)

1. Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China (1 October, 1949-27 September, 1954)  
2. Mao Zedong, (27 September, 1954- 27 April, 1959)  
3. Liu Shaoqi (27 April, 1959- 1966) (The office of the President suspended. 1966- 18 June, 1983)  
4. Li Xiannian (18 June, 1983- 8 April, 1988)  
5. Yang Shangkun (8 April 1988- 27 March, 1993)  
6. Jiang Zemin (27 March, 1993- 15 March, 2003)  
7. Hu Jintao (15 March, 2003- 14 March, 2013)  
8. Xi Jinping (14 March, 2013- )

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