Mao Zedong

Chairman

Mao Zedong
Chairman; Mao Zedong
毛泽东
	Official portrait, 1959
1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
	In office; 20 March 1943 – 9 September 1976
Deputy	Liu Shaoqi; Lin Biao; Zhou Enlai; Hua Guofeng;
Preceded by	Position established;; Zhang Wentian; (as General Secretary)
Succeeded by	Hua Guofeng
1st President of China
	In office; 1 October 1949 – 27 April 1959
Premier	Zhou Enlai
Vice President	Zhu De
Preceded by	Office established;; Chiang Kai-shek; (as President of the Republic of China)
Succeeded by	Liu Shaoqi
1st and 8th Chairman of the Central Military Commission
	In office; Party Commission: December 1936; State Commission: 1 October 1949; – Party Commission: 9 September 1976; State Commission: 27 April 1959;
Deputy	Zhu De; Lin Biao; Ye Jianying;
Preceded by	Zhu De; (Party Commission); Position established; (State Commission);
Succeeded by	Hua Guofeng; (Party Commission); Liu Shaoqi; (State Commission);
Personal details
Born	26 December 1893; Shaoshan, Hunan, Qing dynasty
Died	9 September 1976 (aged 82); Beijing, China
Resting place	Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Beijing
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Chinese Communist Party; (from 1921)
Other political; affiliations	Kuomintang; (1925–1926)
Spouse(s)	; Luo Yixiu (m. 1907; died 1910) ; Yang Kaihui (m. 1920; died 1930) ; He Zizhen (m. 1928; div. 1937)
Children	17
Parents	Mao Yichang; (Father); Wen Qimei; (Mother);
Alma mater	Hunan First Normal University
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Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Communist politician and revolutionary who was the 1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1943 until his death in 1976, the 1st President of China from 1949 to 1959, and the 1st and 8th Chairman of the Central Military Commission^[a]. Mao is criticised for his policies that led to the Great Chinese Famine, causing millions of deaths, and the Cultural Revolution, which resulted in widespread persecution and suffering.
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