SF authors take note

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The Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party

Name	        Went to university	                   Studied
Hu Jintao	Tsinghua	                           Hydraulic engineering
Wu Bangguo	Tsinghua	                           Electron tube engineering
Wen Jiabao	Beijing Institute of Geology	           PhD in geomechanics
Jia Qinglin	Shijiazhuang Industrial Management School  Industrial enterprise planning
Li Changchun	Harbin Institute of Technology	           Electrical engineering
Xi Jinping	Tsinghua	                           Chemical engineering
Li Keqiang	Peking University	                   LLB; PhD in economics
He Guoqiang	Beijing Institute of Chemical Engineering  Inorganic chemistry
Zhou Yongkang	Beijing Petroleum Institute	           Geophysical survey and exploration

China appears to be largely run by engineers.

IIRC the last American Engineer President was Jimmy Carter. The one before him was Herbert Hoover.

As pointed out by fivemack