His Excellency Hu Yaobang
胡耀邦
Hu Yaobang in 1953
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
In office 11 September 1982 ? 15 January 1987
President	Li Xiannian
Premier	Zhao Ziyang
Preceded by	Post reestablished
Succeeded by	Zhao Ziyang
Chairman of the Communist Party of China
In office June 28, 1981 ? September 11, 1982
Deputy	Ye Jianying
Preceded by	Hua Guofeng
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Secretary-General of the CPC Central Secretariat
In office February 29, 1980 ? September 12, 1982
Chairman	Hua Guofeng Himself
Preceded by	Deng Xiaoping (in 1966)
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Personal details
Born	( 1915-11-20 ) 20 November 1915 Liuyang , Hunan , Beiyang Government
Died	15 April 1989 (1989-04-15) (aged 73) Beijing , China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China
Spouse(s)	Li Zhao

Hu Yaobang (20 November 1915 ? 15 April 1989) was a Chinese politician and a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China .

Hu Yaobang was a political ally of Deng Xiaoping . They fought together in the Chinese Civil War . Both were part of the communist force that took power of Sichuan in 1949. Hu became the leader of the Communist Youth League from 1952?1966.

During the Cultural Revolution , Hu Yaobang was said to not be true to the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong . He was rehabilitated twice. He was an important supporter of Deng Xiaoping's rise to power.

Hu Yaobang's death in 1989 was a cause for the Tiananmen Square protests . ^[1]

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