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Hu Yaobang

1915 - 1989

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Hu Yaobang (Chinese: 胡耀邦; pinyin: Hú Yàobāng; 20 November 1915 – 15 April 1989) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hu Yaobang has received more than 2,934,205 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Hu Yaobang is the 1,720th most popular politician (down from 1,658th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from China (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Chinese Politician.

Hu Yaobang was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1980 to 1987. He was a major reformer in the 1980s, and his death in 1989 sparked the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hu Yaobang ranks 1,720 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Huizong of Song, Catherine Jagiellon, Peter IV of Aragon, Desiderius, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and Hiero II of Syracuse. After him are Publius Clodius Pulcher, Levi Eshkol, Marie Walewska, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Bumin Qaghan, and Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Hu Yaobang ranks 24. Before him are Joachim Peiper, Paul Tibbets, Aung San, Sviatoslav Richter, Saul Bellow, and Fred Hoyle. After him are Les Paul, Curd Jürgens, Charles H. Townes, Robert Hofstadter, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Among people deceased in 1989, Hu Yaobang ranks 25. Before him are Bette Davis, János Kádár, Silvana Mangano, Dolores Ibárruri, Sándor Márai, and Thomas Bernhard. After him are Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, William Shockley, John Hicks, Hermann Oberth, Daphne du Maurier, and Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hu Yaobang ranks 128 out of 1,392. Before him are Li Xiannian (1909), Zhang Qian (-200), Sun Jian (155), Zhou Yu (175), Temür Khan (1265), and Emperor Huizong of Song (1082). After him are Sun Ce (175), Bao Zheng (999), Dorgon (1612), Ziying (-300), Kaidu (1230), and Chiang Ching-kuo (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Hu Yaobang ranks 83. Before him are Emperor Jing of Han (-188), Emperor Wen of Han (-202), Emperor Guangwu of Han (-5), Li Xiannian (1909), Temür Khan (1265), and Emperor Huizong of Song (1082). After him are Bao Zheng (999), Dorgon (1612), Ziying (-300), Kaidu (1230), Chiang Ching-kuo (1910), and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (656).

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