biography
| name: |
Hua Guofeng
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also spelled Hua Kuo-feng
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pronunciation:
[hwah gwohfeng]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1920– )
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| biography:
| Chinese statesman and prime minister (1976–80), born in Jiaocheng, Shanxi province, NE China. He was vice-governor of Hunan (1958–67), but came under attack during the Cultural Revolution. A member of the Central Committee of the Party from 1969, and of the Politburo from 1973, he became deputy prime minister and minister of public security (1975–6), and in 1976 was made prime minister and chairman of the Central Committee. Under him China adopted a more pragmatic domestic and foreign policy, with emphasis on industrial and educational expansion, and closer relations with Western and Third World countries. He resigned as chairman in 1981. |
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