What is Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party?
The '''Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China''' ({{zh|s=中国共产党中央委员会主席}}) was the head of the [[Communist Party of China|Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP). The position was established at the 8th National Congress in 1945 and abolished at the 12th National Congress in 1982, being replaced by that of the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China|General Secretary]]. The CCP Chairman was elected by the Central Committee in plenary session and had full powers over the Central Committee, the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of China|Politburo]] and its [[CPC Politburo Standing Committee|Standing Committee]]. ==List of chairmen== # [[Mao Zedong]] (19 June 1945 – 9 September 1976) # [[Hua Guofeng]] (7 October 1976 – 28 June 1981) # [[Hu Yaobang]] (29 June 1981 – 11 September 1982) ==List of vice chairmen== * 8th Central Committee (1956–1969) ** [[Liu Shaoqi]] (expelled in 1968), [[Zhou Enlai]], [[Zhu De]], [[Chen Yun]], [[Lin Biao]] (from 1959). * 9th Central Committee (1969–1973) ** [[Lin Biao]] (died in 1971). * 10th Central Committee (1973–1977) ** [[Hua Guofeng]] (First Vice-chairman from 6 April 1976, chairman from 9 September), [[Zhou Enlai]] (died in 1976), [[Wang Hongwen]] (arrested in 1976), [[Kang Sheng]] (died in 1975), [[Li Desheng]], [[Ye Jianying]], [[Deng Xiaoping]] (from 1975 to 1976, and from 1977). * 11th Central Committee (1977–1982) ** [[Ye Jianying]], [[Deng Xiaoping]], [[Chen Yun]], [[Li Xiannian]], [[Wang Dongxing]], [[Hua Guofeng]] (from 1981), [[Zhao Ziyang]] (from 1981). [[Category:Chinese communist politicians]] [[Category:Politics of the People's Republic of China]]