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Su Zhu
, better kent bi the
nom de guerre
Hua Guofeng
(
pinyin
: Hua Guof?ng; 16 Februar 1921 ? 20 August 2008), wis
Mao Zedong
's designatit successor as the
paramount leader
o the
Communist Pairty o Cheenae
an the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. Upon
Zhou Enlai
's daith in 1976, he succeedit him as the
seicont
Premier o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
. Months later, Mao dee'd, an Hua succeedit Mao as the
Chairman o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae
, tae the surprise an dismay o
Jiang Qing
an the rest o the
Gang o Fower
. He brocht the
Cultural Revolution
tae an end an oostit the
Gang o Fower
frae political pouer, but acause o his insistence on continuin the
Maoist
line, he wis hissel ootmaneuvered a few years later bi
Deng Xiaoping
, who forced Hua intae early retirement. Hua, as Hunan Party Secretary, wis creditit for his 1968 uise o the
PLA
tae quell the red guards an restore order, though at the cost o mony daiths.