Chairman of the Communist Party of China
Mao Zedong (1893 – 1976) (also "Mao Tse-Tung" in Wade-Giles) was Chairman of the Communist Party of China (CCP) from 1945 until his death. He instigated several major socio-political programmes (some through collectivisation), including the Anti-Rightist Campaign, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.