Hu Yaobang

Former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

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Gender	Male
Death	35 years ago
Date of birth	November 20,1915
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Born	Liuyang
	Changsha
	China
Date of died	April 15,1989
Died	Beijing
	China
Spouse	Li Zhao
Grandchildren	Hu Xiaoguang
	Hu Zhizhi
	Hu Jiguang
Children	Hu Deping
	Hu Dehua
	Hu Liu
	Li Heng
	Deping Hu
Job	Official
	Politician
Books	For Friendship and Cooperation: Speeches by General Secretary Hu Yaobang During His South Pacific Tour
	A Historic Visit to Japan: Speeches of Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
	The Radiance of the Great Truth of Marxism Lights Our Way Forward: Report at the Meeting in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Death of Karl Marx (March 13, 1983)
Height	155 (cm)
Place of burial	Hu Yaobang Mausoleum
Party	Communist Party of China
Date of Reg.	2019-03-06 10:43:29
Date of Upd.	2023-09-20 15:19:07
ID	524399

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Hu Yaobang Life story

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 from 1981 to 1987, first as Chairman from 1981 to 1982, then as General Secretary from 1982 to 1987.

Why Li Keqiang's death is dangerous for Xi Jinping

Oct 27,2023 6:21 am

...By Stephen McDonellChina correspondent The death of a leader in China can usher in big changes, it did after Mao Zedong, or can lead to political upheaval, like it did when grieving for Hu Yaobang morphed into the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests...

China Covid: Xi's face-saving exit from his signature policy

Dec 5,2022 7:40 am

... This had happened decades earlier after reformist leader Hu Yaobang died and crowds gathering to mark his passing transformed into the Tiananmen Square protest movement...