Hu Yaobang

Chinese politician (1915-1989), former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

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Lived 1915–1989, aged 74China

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#7
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Era
1915–1989
Aged 74

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Updated 2026-05-29

Led China's Communist Party through the 1980s as Deng Xiaoping's right hand, shifting the country toward economic reform before his 1987 ouster sparked the Tiananmen protests that would define a generation.

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Hu Yaobang 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.

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