Hua Guofeng's Leadership and Transition

Hua Guofeng's Leadership and Transition

Hua Guofeng

Succeeding Mao Zedong as party chairman and premier, Hua Guofeng successfully ended the Cultural Revolution by arresting the Gang of Four. Although he initially promoted the Two Whatevers doctrine, his leadership bridged the gap toward the reform era before yielding power to Deng Xiaoping.

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Year Hua Guofeng
1921
Birth of Hua Guofeng (Period: February 16, 1921, Location: Jiaocheng County, Shanxi Province, Republic of China (now Jiaocheng County, Lüliang, Shanxi, China))
1937
Second Sino-Japanese War (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1937–1945, Location: Various regions in China)
1938
Joining the Jiaocheng Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Unit (Age: 17 years old, Period: June 1938, Location: Jiaocheng County, Shanxi Province, China)
1945
Participation in the Fenxiao Campaign (Age: 23 years old, Period: 1945–1946, Location: Surroundings of Fenyang and Xiaoyi, Shanxi Province, China)
1949
Marriage (Hua Guofeng, Han Zhijun, Age: 27 years old, Period: January 1949, Location: China (exact location unknown))
Assignment to Hunan Province (Age: 27 years old, Period: February 1949, Location: Hunan Province, China)
1959
Assuming Office as First Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee (Hua Guofeng, Age: 37 years old, Period: 1959–1976, Location: Hunan Province, China)
1975
Assuming Office as Vice Premier of the State Council (Hua Guofeng, Age: 53 years old, Period: January 1975, Location: Beijing, China)
1976
Assuming Office as Premier of the State Council (Hua Guofeng, Age: 54 years old, Period: February 1976, Location: Beijing, China)
Assuming Office as Chairman of the Central Committee of the CCP (Hua Guofeng, Age: 55 years old, Period: October 1976 – June 1981, Location: Beijing, China)
Arrest of the Gang of Four (Age: 55 years old, Period: October 6, 1976, Location: Beijing, China)
1977
Proposal of the "Two Whatevers" (Age: 55 years old, Period: February 1977, Location: Beijing, China)
1981
Resignation as CCP Chairman (Age: 60 years old, Period: June 1981, Location: Beijing, China)
2008
Death of Hua Guofeng (Age: 87 years old, Period: August 20, 2008 (Beijing, China))

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