Zhao Ziyang
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Zhao Ziyang was a Chinese reformist politician and premier who later became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and was purged for opposing the military crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese politician
ⓘ
Communist politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1919-10-17 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | undisclosed location in China ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| consequence |
placed under house arrest
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removed from the post of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2005-01-17 ⓘ |
| detentionDuration | from 1989 until his death in 2005 ⓘ |
| detentionType | house arrest ⓘ |
| event | 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading economic reforms in China in the 1980s
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opposition to the military crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentorOrKeyAlly | Deng Xiaoping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Zhao Ziyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 赵紫阳 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeEnd |
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, 1989
ⓘ
Premier of the People's Republic of China, 1987 ⓘ |
| officeStart |
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, 1987
ⓘ
Premier of the People's Republic of China, 1980 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hua County, Henan, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Beijing, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | his residence in Beijing ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | economic reformism ⓘ |
| politicalStatusAfter1989 | disgraced leader ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong
NERFINISHED
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Communist Party Secretary of Sichuan NERFINISHED ⓘ General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Premier of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Hu Yaobang as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Hua Guofeng as Premier of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| punishedBy | Chinese Communist Party leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForPunishment | opposition to military crackdown on Tiananmen Square protests ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | advocated dialogue and opposed use of force during 1989 Tiananmen protests ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Jiang Zemin as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Li Peng as Premier of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn |
decentralization of economic decision-making
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market-oriented economic policies ⓘ rural economic reforms ⓘ |
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