Deng Zihui | |
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邓子恢 | |
![]() Deng during the 1940s | |
Member of Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party | |
In office October 1954 – January 1965 | |
Chairman | Mao Zedong |
Vice Premier of China | |
In office 1954–1965 | |
Premier | Zhou Enlai |
Succeeded by | Lin Biao |
Personal details | |
Born | Xinluo District, Fujian | 17 August 1896
Died | 10 December 1972 Beijing | (aged 76)
Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Spouse(s) | 3 (Cao Quangdi, Huang Xiuxiang and Chen Lan) |
Children | 9 (including Deng Huaisheng,[1] Deng Xiaolan, Deng Ruisheng[2]) |
Deng Zihui (simplified Chinese: 邓子恢; traditional Chinese: 鄧子恢; pinyin: Dèng Zǐhuī; 17 August 1896 – 10 December 1972) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and one of the most influential leaders of the People's Republic of China during the 1940s and 1950s. He was one of the major military leaders of China during the Chinese Civil War along with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Peng Dehuai and Lin Biao.
Deng was one of the initiators of the Central Rural Work Development that aimed on achieving agricultural growth. Deng Zihui also had a close relationship to Mao Zedong on issues related to agricultural reforms, however he was purged from all positions due to the Cultural Revolution.