Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping
邓小平
Deng during a visit to the US in 1979
Chairman of the Central Advisory Commission
In office 13 September 1982 – 2 November 1987
Deputy	Bo Yibo
General Secretary	Hu Yaobang Zhao Ziyang (Acting)
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Chen Yun
Chairman of the Central Military Commission
In office Party Commission: 28 June 1981 – 9 November 1989 State Commission: 18 June 1983 – 19 March 1990
Deputy	Ye Jianying Zhao Ziyang Yang Shangkun
Preceded by	Hua Guofeng
Succeeded by	Jiang Zemin
Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office 8 March 1978 – 17 June 1983
Preceded by	Zhou Enlai
Succeeded by	Deng Yingchao
Personal details
Born	(1904-08-22)22 August 1904 Guang'an, Sichuan, Qing Dynasty
Died	19 February 1997(1997-02-19) (aged 92) Beijing, People's Republic of China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China (1933–1997) All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (until 1933)
Spouse(s)	Zhang Xiyuan (zh) (1928–1929) Jin Weiying (zh) (1931–1939) Zhuo Lin (1939–1997; his death)
Children	Deng Lin Deng Pufang Deng Nan Deng Rong Deng Zhifang

Dèng Xiǎopíng listen (help·info) (in English also written Teng Hsiao-p'ing; 22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary, politician and reformer. He was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of government, but was the de facto leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to the early 1990s. Deng has often been described as practical due to his open market policies after the death of Mao, whilst not deviating much from the original socialist elements of the People's Republic of China.

Deng was born in Guang'an, Sichuan. He died of an infection and Parkinson's disease in Beijing, aged 92.