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Dismissal

China · Government / Chinese Communist Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1959–1989Date range
5Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1959

Peng Dehuai1959

Lushan · Government / Chinese Communist Party

Dismissed for criticizing Maos economic management at the Lushan Conference

1968

Liu Shaoqi31 October 1968

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

Liu Shaoqi is removed from all posts and expelled from the party during the Cultural Revolution

1976

Deng Xiaoping5 April 1976

Beijing · Government / Chinese Communist Party

A demonstration turns into a riot & the "Gang of Four" depose Xiaoping

1987

Deng Xiaoping1987

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Dismisses the Party Secretary Hu Yaobang for his criticisms of the Deng regime

Hu Yaobang1987

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Dismissed by Diang Xiaping for his criticism of the regime

1989

Zhao Ziyang1989

Government / Chinese Communist Party

Dismissed from office

Names involved

Deng XiaopingHu YaobangLiu ShaoqiPeng DehuaiZhao Ziyang

Provenance

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