Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 Februar 1997) wis a Cheenese politeecian, statesman, theorist, an diplomat.^[1] As leader o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae, Deng wis a reformer who led Cheenae towards a market economy. While Deng niver held office as the heid o state, heid o government or General Secretary o the Communist Pairty o Cheenae (historically the hiechest position in Communist Cheenae), he nanetheless served as the paramount leader o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae frae 1978 tae the early 1990s.

Deng Xiaoping
邓小平
Deng Xiaoping in 1979
Chairman o the Central Advisory Commission o the Communist Pairty
In office 13 September 1982 – 2 November 1987
Depute	Bo Yibo Xu Shiyou Tan Zhenlin Li Weihan
General Secretary	Hu Yaobang Zhao Ziyang
Precedit bi	New office
Succeedit bi	Chen Yun
Chairman o the CPC Central Militar Commission
In office 28 Juin 1981 – 9 November 1989
Depute	Ye Jianying Zhao Ziyang Yang Shangkun
Precedit bi	Hua Guofeng
Succeedit bi	Jiang Zemin
Chairman o the CPPCC National Committee
In office 8 Mairch 1978 – 17 Juin 1983
Precedit bi	Zhou Enlai vacant (1976–1978)
Succeedit bi	Deng Yingchao
Member o the Naitional Fowkcongress
In office 18 Aprile 1959 – 21 Dizember 1964 26 Februar 1978 – 19 Februar 1997
Constituency	Beijing At-lairge (59–64,78–83) FLA At-lairge (83–97)
First Vice Premier o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
In office 17 Januar 1975 – 7 Aprile 1976 21 Julie 1977 – 10 September 1980
Premier	Zhou Enlai Hua Guofeng
Precedit bi	Lin Biao
Succeedit bi	Wan Li
Personal details
Born	22 August 1904(1904-08-22) Guang'an, Sichuan
Dee'd	19 Februar 1997(1997-02-19) (aged 92) Beijing
Naitionality	Cheenese
Poleetical pairty	Communist Pairty o Cheenae
Spoose(s)	Zhang Xiyuan (张锡瑗) (1928–1929) Jin Weiying (金维映) (1931–1939) Zhuo Lin (卓琳) (1939–1997)
Bairns	Deng Lin Deng Pufang Deng Nan Deng Rong Deng Zhifang

Deng Xiaoping
Semplifeed Cheenese	邓小平
Tradeetional Cheenese	鄧小平
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dèng Xiǎopíng Wade–Giles Teng Hsiao-p'ing
Deng Xiansheng
Semplifeed Cheenese	邓先圣
Tradeetional Cheenese	鄧先聖
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dèng Xiānshèng Wade–Giles Teng Hsien-sheng
Deng Xixian
Semplifeed Cheenese	邓希贤
Tradeetional Cheenese	鄧希賢
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dèng Xīxián Wade–Giles Teng Hsi-hsien

This is a Cheenese name; the faimlie name is Deng.

Born intae a peasant backgrund in Guang'an, Sichuan, Cheenae, Deng studied an wirkt in Fraunce in the 1920s, whaur he came unner the influence o Marxism. He joined the Communist Pairty o Cheenae in 1923. Upon his return tae Cheenae he wirkt as a political commissar in rural regions an wis considered a "revolutionary veteran" o the Long Mairch.^[2] Follaein the foondin o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae in 1949, Deng wirkt in Tibet an ither soothwastren regions tae consolidate Communist control. He wis an aa instrumental in Cheenae's economic reconstruction follaein the Great Leap Forward in the early 1960s. His economic policies wur at odds wi the political ideologies o Chairman Mao Zedong. As a result, he wis purged twice durin the Cultural Revolution but regained prominence in 1978 bi ootmaneuverin Mao's chosen successor, Hua Guofeng.

Inheriting a kintra wrought wi social an institutional woes resultin frae the Cultural Revolution an ither mass political movements o the Mao era, Deng became the core o the "seicont generation" o Cheenese leadership. He is considered "the architect" o a new brand o socialist thinkin, haein developed Socialism wi Cheenese characteristics an led Chinese economic reform through a synthesis o theories that became kent as the "socialist market economy". Deng opened Cheenae tae foreign investment, the global market, an limitit private competition. He is generally creditit wi advancin Cheenae intae ane o the fastest growin economies in the warld for ower thirtie years an raisin the staundart o livin o hunders o millions o Cheenese.^[3]