President and Central Military Commission leader involved in the 1989 deployment
Revolutionary veteran who joined the CCP in 1926. He studied in Shanghai and Moscow and worked in the Red Army and central party apparatus. Central General Office director from 1945 to 1965, he was later purged and imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution. Rehabilitated, he worked with Deng Xiaoping in the Central Military Commission and served as president from 1988 to 1993. He participated in martial-law mobilization in 1989; his military personnel influence declined in the early 1990s.
Activities and affiliations
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1926–1998
Political and party leadership
- Director, Central General Office1945–1965
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1981–1992
People’s Republic of China state institutionsCentral Military Commission leadershipMain
Military command -
1988–1993
People’s Republic of China state institutionsPresident of the PRC
Government and administration
Career Timeline
- 1926Joined the CCP
- 1945–1965Director, Central General Office
- 1966–1978Imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution
- 1981Returned to the Central Military Commission
- 1988–1993President of China
- 1989Participated in mobilizing martial-law forces in Beijing