中国共产党中央军事委员会主席
From 1982 onwards, the Commander-in-Chief was the Chairman of the Central Military Commission. This position, however did not always give the person entitled the top command as was the case with Chairman Hua Guofeng. Deng Xiaoping was able to effectively control the military as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and the Chief of Staff of the PLA from 1978–1981.