Hua Guofeng

2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008)

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Lived 1921–2008, aged 87China

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1921–2008
Aged 87

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Updated 2026-05-29

Hua Guofeng briefly held China's top job as Mao's chosen successor in 1976, only to get systematically sidelined by Deng Xiaoping's faction within three years. His power evaporated faster than his political relevance.

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Hua Guofeng was a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the 2nd premier of China. As the successor of Mao Zedong, Hua held the top offices of the government, party, and the military after the deaths of Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai, but was gradually forced out of power between December 1978 and June 1981, and subsequently retreated from the political limelight, though still remaining a member of the Central Committee until 2002.

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