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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 3,200,499 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hu Yaobang is the 1,592nd most popular politician (up from 1,714th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from China (up from 127th in 2019) and the 74th 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 1,592 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander of Battenberg, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Cleopatra III of Egypt, Rutherford B. Hayes, Carol I of Romania, and Shapur II. After him are Bernard Tapie, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, René of Anjou, John Kerry, Elsa Einstein, and Lazar Kaganovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Hu Yaobang ranks 19. Before him are Eli Wallach, Paul Samuelson, Billie Holiday, Paul Tibbets, Stanley Matthews, and Joachim Peiper. After him are Jerome Bruner, Aung San, Sviatoslav Richter, Fred Hoyle, Saul Bellow, and Curd Jürgens. Among people deceased in 1989, Hu Yaobang ranks 25. Before him are Dolores Ibárruri, Vladimir Horowitz, Graham Chapman, Sándor Márai, Andrei Gromyko, and Thomas Bernhard. After him are Ferdinand Marcos, Silvana Mangano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Emilio Segrè, George Beadle, and Daphne du Maurier.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hu Yaobang ranks 113 out of 1,610. Before him are Jingtai Emperor (1428), Yuan Shao (154), Lin Biao (1907), Soong Mei-ling (1897), Temür Khan (1265), and Zhao Yun (168). After him are I. M. Pei (1917), Luo Guanzhong (1330), Li Keqiang (1955), Wu Cheng'en (1500), Empress Lü (-241), and Li Zicheng (1606).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Hu Yaobang ranks 74. Before him are Yu the Great (-2123), Jingtai Emperor (1428), Yuan Shao (154), Lin Biao (1907), Soong Mei-ling (1897), and Temür Khan (1265). After him are Li Keqiang (1955), Empress Lü (-241), Li Zicheng (1606), Zhao Ziyang (1919), Bao Zheng (999), and Chiang Ching-kuo (1910).

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