POLITICIAN

Hua Guofeng

1921 - 2008

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Hua Guofeng (; born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008) was a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the 2nd premier of China. The designated successor of Mao Zedong, Hua held the top offices of the government, party, and the military after the deaths of Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai, but was gradually forced out of supreme power by a coalition of party leaders between December 1978 and June 1981, and subsequently retreated from the political limelight, though still remaining a member of the Central Committee until 2002. Born and raised in Jiaocheng, Hua joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1938, seeing action in both the Second Sino–Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War as a guerrilla fighter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hua Guofeng has received more than 2,217,858 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Hua Guofeng is the 1,176th most popular politician (down from 876th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from China (down from 56th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Chinese Politician.

Hua Guofeng was most famous for being the successor to Mao Zedong as the leader of China after Mao's death.

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  • 2.2M

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  • 68.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hua Guofeng ranks 1,176 out of 19,576. Before him are Michael VII Doukas, Al-Mu'tasim, Basil I, Alauddin Khalji, Frederick II of Denmark, and Alfredo Stroessner. After him are Pauline Bonaparte, Ghazan, Fuxi, Chun Doo-hwan, Michel Aoun, and Jiaqing Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Hua Guofeng ranks 17. Before him are Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, John Rawls, Simone Signoret, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, and Sophie Scholl. After him are Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Joseph Beuys, Peter Ustinov, Gunnar Nordahl, Paulo Freire, and Patricia Highsmith. Among people deceased in 2008, Hua Guofeng ranks 15. Before him are Albert Hofmann, Irena Sendler, Charlton Heston, Arthur C. Clarke, Miriam Makeba, and Mahmoud Darwish. After him are Willis Lamb, Richard Widmark, Richard Wright, Sydney Pollack, Harold Pinter, and George Habash.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hua Guofeng ranks 75 out of 1,610. Before him are Xun Kuang (-313), 5th Dalai Lama (1617), Tu Youyou (1930), Emperor Taizu of Song (927), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685), and Xianfeng Emperor (1831). After him are Fuxi (-2900), Jiaqing Emperor (1760), Wanli Emperor (1563), Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628), Soong Ching-ling (1893), and Dong Zhuo (139).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Hua Guofeng ranks 45. Before him are Chongzhen Emperor (1611), Emperor Yao (-2324), 5th Dalai Lama (1617), Emperor Taizu of Song (927), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685), and Xianfeng Emperor (1831). After him are Fuxi (-2900), Jiaqing Emperor (1760), Wanli Emperor (1563), Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628), Soong Ching-ling (1893), and Jianwen Emperor (1377).

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