Mao Zedong [a] (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) and led the country from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.

Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Communist politician and revolutionary. He founded the People's Republic of China (PRC), and was its first President from 1949 to 1959.

Jan 23, 2025 · Mao Zedong (born December 26, 1893, Shaoshan, Hunan province, China—died September 9, 1976, Beijing) was the principal Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier, and statesman who led his country’s communist revolution.

The early life of Chinese revolutionary and politician Mao Zedong covered the first 27 years of his life, from 1893 to 1919. Born in Shaoshanchong, Shaoshan in Hunan province, Mao grew up as the son of Mao Yichang, a wealthy farmer and landowner.

On the afternoon of 7 September, Mao's condition completely deteriorated. Mao's organs failed quickly and he fell into a coma shortly before noon and was put on a ventilator and life support machines.

Mao Zedong wurde am 26. Dezember 1893 im Dorf Shaoshan (Gemeinde Shaoshan) in der zentralchinesischen Provinz Hunan in eine wohlhabende Bauernfamilie geboren. Sein Vater Mao Yichang (毛贻昌, 1870–1920) sah sich in der 20. Generation des Mao-Clans und führte seine Abstammung auf den Armeeführer Mao Taihua zurück, der bis 1368 gegen die Mongolen kämpfte und sich nach Etablierung der ...

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung consists of 427 quotations, organized thematically into 33 chapters. It is also called "Thoughts of Chairman Mao" by many Chinese. The quotations range in length from a sentence to a few short paragraphs, and borrow heavily from a group of about two dozen documents in the four volumes of Mao's Selected Works.

Maoism, officially Mao Zedong Thought, [a] is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed while trying to realize a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China and later the People's Republic of China.

The proclamation of the People's Republic of China was made by Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on October 1, 1949, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The government of a new state under the CCP, formally called the Central People's Government , was proclaimed by Mao at the ceremony, which marked the foundation of the ...

On 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong declared the People's Republic of China, symbolically bringing the decades-long Chinese Civil War to a close. Remaining Republican forces fled to Taiwan and continued to resist the People's Republic in various ways.