Liu Shaoqi

E75876

Liu Shaoqi was a prominent Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman who served as President of the People's Republic of China and a key figure in the Chinese Communist Party before falling victim to political persecution during the Cultural Revolution.

Aliases (1)

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese politician
Chinese revolutionary
communist
human
burialPlace Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
causeOfDeath illness in custody
countryOfCitizenship China
dateOfBirth 1898-11-24
dateOfDeath 1969-11-12
deJureRemovalDate 1968-10-31
educatedAt Hunan Provincial First Normal School (self-study and local education background)
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
event purged during the Cultural Revolution
familyName Liu
gender male
givenName Shaoqi
honor recognized as a great Marxist and proletarian revolutionary by the CCP after rehabilitation
ideology Maoism (early association)
Marxism–Leninism
influenced Chinese socialist economic policies in the 1950s
influencedBy Lenin
Mao Zedong
Marx
languageSpoken Chinese
memberOf Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army leadership
Communist Party of China
movement Chinese Civil War (Communist side)
Chinese Communist Revolution
Land reform in China
name Liu Shaoqi
nativeName 刘少奇
notableRole key architect of early PRC state structure
leading theorist of party organization and discipline
notableWork How To Be a Good Communist
numberOfChildren 8
officeEnd 1968-10-31 (President of the PRC, de facto removed)
officeStart 1959-04-27 (President of the PRC)
participatedIn Chinese Civil War
Long March (political leadership role, not the full march)
War of Resistance Against Japan
placeOfBirth Ningxiang, Hunan, Qing Empire
placeOfDeath Kaifeng, Henan, China
politicalAlignment Chinese Communist Party leadership
positionHeld Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress
First Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China
Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China
President of the People’s Republic of China
Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China
Vice Chairman of the People’s Republic of China
predecessor Mao Zedong (as President of the PRC)
rehabilitated posthumously rehabilitated in 1980
religion atheism
residence Zhongnanhai, Beijing (during leadership period)
spouse Cheng Qianyun
He Baozhen
Wang Guangmei
Xie Fei
successor Dong Biwu (acting President of the PRC)
victimOf political persecution
struggle sessions during the Cultural Revolution
workLocation Beijing, China
Yan’an, Shaanxi


Please wait…