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Zhou Enlai

1898 - 1976

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Zhou Enlai (Chinese: 周恩来; pinyin: Zhōu Ēnlái; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the inaugural premier of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 1949 until his death in 1976, and concurrently as the inaugural Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1949 to 1958. Zhou was a key figure in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and ally of Mao Zedong during the Chinese Civil War, later helping consolidate its control, form its foreign policy, and develop the economy. Born in Jiangsu, as a student Zhou was involved in the 1919 May Fourth Movement, and in the early 1920s studied in France, where he joined the newly-founded CCP. During the party's alliance with the Kuomintang (KMT), he worked in the political department of the Whampoa Military Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhou Enlai has received more than 3,905,209 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Zhou Enlai is the 524th most popular politician (down from 510th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from China (down from 37th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Chinese Politician.

Zhou Enlai was a Chinese Communist politician who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976. He was instrumental in the Communist Party's rise to power, and subsequently in the Chinese Civil War and the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zhou Enlai ranks 524 out of 19,576. Before him are Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Lucius Verus, Robert Schuman, Louis I of Hungary, and Valerian. After him are Frederick William I of Prussia, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, Amin al-Husseini, Henry VI of England, Herbert Hoover, and Tahmasp I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Zhou Enlai ranks 11. Before him are Erich Maria Remarque, Federico García Lorca, Enzo Ferrari, Sergei Eisenstein, Umm Kulthum, and M. C. Escher. After him are William James Sidis, Stefania Turkewich, Herbert Marcuse, George Gershwin, C. S. Lewis, and Liu Shaoqi. Among people deceased in 1976, Zhou Enlai ranks 8. Before him are Agatha Christie, Martin Heidegger, Werner Heisenberg, Howard Hughes, Alvar Aalto, and Luchino Visconti. After him are Fritz Lang, Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, Bernard Montgomery, André Malraux, and Henrik Dam.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhou Enlai ranks 39 out of 1,610. Before him are Puyi (1906), Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), Yongle Emperor (1360), Hongwu Emperor (1328), Nurhaci (1559), and Zhu Xi (1130). After him are Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029), Lu Xun (1881), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), Toshiro Mifune (1920), and Hong Taiji (1592).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zhou Enlai ranks 20. Before him are Jiang Zemin (1926), Puyi (1906), Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), Yongle Emperor (1360), Hongwu Emperor (1328), and Nurhaci (1559). After him are Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256), Hong Taiji (1592), Yongzheng Emperor (1678), Yuan Shikai (1859), and Shunzhi Emperor (1638).

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