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Hu Yaobang

1915 - 1989

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Hu Yaobang (20 November 1915 – 15 April 1989) was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the top office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1987, first as Chairman from 1981 to 1982, then as General Secretary from 1982 to 1987. After the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), Hu rose to prominence as a close ally of Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader of China at the time. Hu joined the CCP in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hu Yaobang is the 1,543rd most popular politician (up from 1,592nd in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from China (up from 113th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Chinese Politician.

Hu Yaobang was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1980 to 1987. He was a major reformer in the 1980s, and his death in 1989 sparked the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hu Yaobang ranks 1,543 out of 19,576. Before him are Ehud Olmert, Manuel L. Quezon, Afonso III of Portugal, Ehud Barak, Alexios III Angelos, and Shepseskare. After him are Cleopatra V of Egypt, Takeda Shingen, Abaqa Khan, Aimery of Cyprus, Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, and Francis II Rákóczi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Hu Yaobang ranks 21. Before him are Eli Wallach, David Rockefeller, Yitzhak Shamir, Paul Samuelson, Clifford Shull, and Billie Holiday. After him are Sviatoslav Richter, John Vorster, Saul Bellow, Aung San, Robert A. Dahl, and Joachim Peiper. Among people deceased in 1989, Hu Yaobang ranks 27. Before him are Emilio Segrè, Laurence Olivier, Osamu Tezuka, Dolores Ibárruri, Silvana Mangano, and Vladimir Horowitz. After him are Sándor Márai, Thomas Bernhard, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Michel Aflaq, John Hicks, and Daphne du Maurier.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hu Yaobang ranks 88 out of 1,610. Before him are Jiang Qing (1914), Shang Yang (-390), Xuande Emperor (1399), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Walter Houser Brattain (1902), and Emperor Yao (-2324). After him are Daoguang Emperor (1782), Zhang Heng (78), Hongxi Emperor (1378), Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628), Songtsen Gampo (604), and Zhang Fei (167).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Hu Yaobang ranks 55. Before him are Soong Ching-ling (1893), Fuxi (-2900), Jiang Qing (1914), Shang Yang (-390), Xuande Emperor (1399), and Emperor Yao (-2324). After him are Daoguang Emperor (1782), Hongxi Emperor (1378), Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628), Songtsen Gampo (604), Emperor Wen of Sui (541), and Yang Guifei (719).

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