Chairman Mao Zedong
Official Portrait, 1959
Chairman of the Communist Party of China
In office 20 March 1943 – 9 September 1976
Preceded by	Zhang Wentian (as General Secretary)
Succeeded by	Hua Guofeng
President of the People's Republic of China
In office 1 October 1949 – 27 April 1959
Preceded by	Post Established Chiang Kai-Shek as President of Republic of China
Succeeded by	Liu Shaoqi
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Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
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Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Communist leader. He is notable for the resistance of the Japanese invasion and unifying China, which he ruled as the chairman of the Communist Party of China.