Hua Guofeng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
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Place of Birth: Jiaocheng County, Shanxi, China
About Hua Guofeng
- Hua Guofeng (; born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008) was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Communist Party of China and Premier of the People's Republic of China.
- Hua held the top offices of the government, party, and the military after Premier Zhou and Chairman Mao's death, but was forced out of major political power by more influential party leaders by June 1981 and subsequently retreated from the political scene. Originally from Shanxi province, Hua rose to power as a regional official in Hunan between 1949 and 1971, first serving as the prefecture Party Committee Secretary of the Xiangtan, Mao's home area, then as the party secretary in the province during the latter stages of the Cultural Revolution.
- Hua was elevated to the national stage in early 1976, and was mainly known for his unswerving loyalty to Mao.
- After the death of Zhou Enlai, Mao elevated Hua to the position of Premier of the State Council, overseeing government work, and of First Vice Chairman of the Communist Party, which made him Mao's designated successor. On 6 October 1976, shortly after the death of Mao, Hua removed the Gang of Four from political power by arranging for their arrests in Beijing.
- Afterwards he took on the titles of party chairman and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
- Hua is thus far the only leader to have simultaneously held the offices of party leader, premier and CMC chairman. Hua attempted moderate reforms and reversing some of the excesses of Cultural Revolution-era policies.
- However, because of his insistence on continuing the Maoist line and refusal to adopt large-scale reforms, he faced resistance in the upper echelons of the party.
- In December 1978, a group of party veterans led by Deng Xiaoping, a pragmatic reformer, forced Hua from power but allowed him to retain some titles.
- Hua gradually faded into political obscurity, but continued to insist on the correctness of Maoist principles.
- He is remembered as a largely benign transitional figure in modern Chinese political history.
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