Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (died 1986)

Ye Jianying

Chinese communist leader and politician (1897–1986)

Ye Jianying was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthrew the Gang of Four and ended the Cultural Revolution, and was the key supporter of…

List of state representatives of the People's Republic of China

The position of state representative is the highest state office of the People's Republic of China, with a role similar to a head of state and holds the second to eighth highest-ranking position in Chinese history, always under the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. The…