Wang Hongwen

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Wang Hongwen
王洪文
Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
In office 30 August 1973 – 6 October 1976
Chairman	Mao Zedong Hua Guofeng
Personal details
Born	6 December 1935 Xinjing, Manchukuo (now Changchun, Jilin, China)
Died	3 August 1992(1992-08-03) (aged 56) Beijing, China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party (1953–1976)
Spouse	Cui Gendi
Children	3 (2 sons and 1 daughter)
Military service
Branch/service	People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service	1950-1956
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Chinese name
Chinese	王洪文
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Hóngwén Wade–Giles Wang2 Hung2-wen2 IPA [wǎŋ xʊ̌ŋwə̌n]

Wang Hongwen (6 December 1935 – 3 August 1992) was a Chinese labour activist and politician who was the youngest member of the "Gang of Four". He rose to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), after organizing the Shanghai People's Commune, to become one of the foremost members of national leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

At the pinnacle of his power he was the second Vice Chairman of the CCP, and ranked third in the Communist Party's hierarchy. Following Mao's death in 1976, Wang was arrested and charged with "counterrevolutionary activity", then sentenced to life imprisonment in 1981.