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Born in Jiaocheng (交城县), a county beside a mountain in Shanxi, Hua joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938 as a part of counter- Japanese resistance.

He became acting Premier of the People's Republic of China following Zhou Enlai's death, in January 1976, full Premier and party vice chairman in April 1976, and Chairman of the Communist Party of China when Mao died, in September 1976 (although this was not announced to the world until October 12October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). There are 80 days remaining. Events 1492 Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia. 1609 " Thr).

During his relatively short leadership, Hua was credited for quickly ousting the Gang of Four from political power and thus became the leader whose emergence marked the official end to the Cultural RevolutionThe Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution ( Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: wu chn jie ji wen hua da ge ming, literally "Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution"; often abbreviated to wen hua da ge ming, literally "Great Cultural Revolu. As Deng XiaopingDeng Xioping ( Traditional Chinese; Simplified Chinese; Teng Hsiao-p'ing; pronounced "Dung Shyao-ping") ( August 22, 1904 February 19, 1997) was a revolutionary elder in the Communist Party of China (CPC) who served as the " de facto" ruler of the People' gradually regained control over the CPC, Hua was denounced for promoting the two whatevers and replaced by Zhao ZiyangZhao Ziyang Birthday October 17, 1919 Birth place Huaxian, Henan Party Communist PRC Premier Order 6th Chinese Premier Term of Office: June 1983 ? November 1987 Acting premier September, 1980 ? June, 1983 Predecessor Hua Guofeng Successor: Li Peng CPC Gen as Premier in 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He, and by Hu YaobangHu Yaobang ( 1915 April 15, 1989) was a leader of the People's Republic of China. Joining the Communist Party of China in 1933, he held many positions in the party. He became an important political leader in the CPC after the Cultural Revolution. As Deng as Party Chairman in 1981. He was demoted to junior Vice Chairman, and when this post was abolished in 1982 he remained as an ordinary member of the Central Committee, a position which he held until November 2002 despite having passed the designated retirement age of seventy.

It was reported that Hua Guofeng quit the Chinese Communist Party in October 2001 for "health reasons". But the report is not confirmed by the Chinese government.

See also: Politics of China