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Xi Zhongxun
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Key facts
- Chairman
- Ye Jianying
- Preceded by
- Wei Guoqing
- Succeeded by
- Ren Zhongyi
- Premier
- Zhou Enlai
- Party chairman
- Mao Zedong
- Born
- ( 1913-10-15 ) 15 October 1913, Fuping County , Shaanxi , Republic of China
- Died
- 24 May 2002 (2002-05-24) (aged 88), Beijing, China
- Party
- Chinese Communist Party (joined in 1928)
- Spouse s
- Hao Mingzhu, Qi Xin
- Children
- 7, including Qi Qiaoqiao , Xi Jinping and Xi Yuanping
- Relatives
- Xi family
- Branch service
- Chinese Red Army
- Unit
- Guominjun
- Commands
- Chinese Red Army , First Field Army
- Battles wars
- Chinese Civil War Liangdang Uprising [ zh ] Battle of Xihuachi [ zh ] World War II
- Simplified chinese
- 习仲勋
- Traditional chinese
- 習仲勲
- Hanyu pinyin
- Xí Zhòngxūn
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Xi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of China
- Place of death
- Beijing
- Child
- Xi Yuanping
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Putonghua
- Conflict
- Chinese Civil War
- Image
- Xi Zhongxun in 1959.jpg
- Work location
- Guangzhou
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- ancestral home
- Dengzhou
- place of burial
- Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1913-10-15
- date of death
- 2002-05-24
- Commons category
- Xi Zhongxun
- name in native language
- 习仲勋
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Encyclopedic overview
Xi Zhongxun (Chinese: 习仲勋; pinyin: Xí Zhòngxūn; 15 October 1913 – 24 May 2002) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who played a significant role in the history of the People's Republic of China. He was a member of the influential Eight Elders in the 1980s, and is the father of Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012.
Born in Shaanxi to a land-owning family, Xi joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1926. After participating in revolutionary activities, he was sent to prison, where he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He participated in the Shaanxi–Gansu (Shaangan) Border Region Soviet Area and became the Chairman of the Soviet Government, later holding key positions in the Northwest Revolutionary Base [zh]. In 1935, Xi was arrested as part of a purge of alleged rightists, but was released following Mao Zedong's arrival in the Long March. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Xi Zhongxun occupied several pivotal roles in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and Northwest China. In 1945, he became the head of the Northwest Bureau. Following the restart of the Chinese Civil War, Xi maintained a pivotal position in the Northwest region.
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