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Yang Shangkun

1907 - 1998

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Yang Shangkun (3 August 1907 – 14 September 1998) was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, president of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1993, and one of the Eight Elders that dominated the party after the death of Mao Zedong. Born to a prosperous land-owning family, Yang studied politics at Shanghai University and Marxist philosophy and revolutionary tactics at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University. He went on to hold high office under both Mao Zedong and later Deng Xiaoping; from 1945 to 1965 he was Director of the General Office and from 1945 to 1956 Secretary–General of the Central Military Commission (CMC). In these positions, Yang oversaw much of the day-to-day running of government and Party affairs, both political and military, amassing a great deal of bureaucratic power by controlling things like the flow of documents, the keeping of records, and the approval and allocation of funds. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yang Shangkun is the 1,677th most popular politician (up from 1,869th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from China (up from 140th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Chinese Politician.

Yang Shangkun was most famous for his role in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yang Shangkun ranks 1,677 out of 19,576. Before him are Mátyás Rákosi, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Ibrahim Lodi, Philip of Swabia, Jiajing Emperor, and Orestes. After him are Stefan Nemanja, Critias, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Michelle Bachelet, Baldwin II of Jerusalem, and Emperor Taizu of Song.

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Among people born in 1907, Yang Shangkun ranks 24. Before him are Rachel Carson, Laurence Olivier, Frank Whittle, Bhagat Singh, Yakov Dzhugashvili, and Nikolaas Tinbergen. After him are Hideki Yukawa, Daniel Bovet, Robert A. Heinlein, Sister Lúcia, François Duvalier, and Lin Biao. Among people deceased in 1998, Yang Shangkun ranks 15. Before him are Todor Zhivkov, Ernst Jünger, Vladimir Prelog, Carlos Castaneda, Octavio Paz, and Jean-François Lyotard. After him are Florence Griffith Joyner, Derek Barton, Niklas Luhmann, Conrad Schumann, Frederick Reines, and Alan Shepard.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yang Shangkun ranks 104 out of 1,610. Before him are Qu Yuan (-343), Xianfeng Emperor (1831), Bogd Khan (1869), Dong Zhuo (139), Yu the Great (-2123), and Jiajing Emperor (1507). After him are Emperor Taizu of Song (927), Mo Yan (1955), I. M. Pei (1917), An Lushan (702), Zhao Ziyang (1919), and Li Xiannian (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Yang Shangkun ranks 66. Before him are Emperor Wen of Sui (541), Yang Guifei (719), Xianfeng Emperor (1831), Bogd Khan (1869), Yu the Great (-2123), and Jiajing Emperor (1507). After him are Emperor Taizu of Song (927), An Lushan (702), Zhao Ziyang (1919), Li Xiannian (1909), Emperor Yang of Sui (569), and Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan (1285).

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