Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 2/25/2009
Career Data Updated: 2/25/2009
Deng Xiaoping 邓小平
Former Chairman of PRC
Born: 1904
Birthplace: Sichuan Province, Guang'an
Died: 1997
Biography Highlight
Deng Xiaoping, Han nationality (Hakka), was born Deng Xixian in 1904 in Guang'an county, Sichuan province. He went to France in 1920, where he worked, studied, discovered Marxism-Leninism, and joined the CPC in 1924. Deng spent part of 1926 studying at the Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, before returning to China in 1927.Recent Career Data
| 1987—1989 | Chairman, 13th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission | |
| 1983—1990 | Chairman, Central Military Commission of the PRC | |
| 1982—1987 | Chairman, 12th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission | |
| 1982—1987 | Member, 12th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1981—1982 | Chairman, 11th CPC, Central Committee, Central Military Commission | |
| 1978—1983 | Chairman, 5th CPPCC, National Committee | |
| 1977—1982 | Member, 11th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1975—1980 | Head, PLA, Headquarters of the General Staff | |
| 1973—1977 | Member, 10th CPC, Central Committee | |
| 1956—1969 | Secretary-General, 8th CPC, Central Committee |
