Mao+Zedong

= Mao Zedong =

He was the first Chairman of the Communist party of China.
=== He was a Chinese revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, poet, political theorist, and leader of the Chinese Revolution. He was the architect and founding father of the People's Republic of China from its establishment in 1949, and held authoritarian control over the nation until his death in 1976. His theoretical contribution to Marxism-Leninism, along with his military strategies and brand of political policies, are now collectively known as Maoism. === === Mao is credited with commanding the Long March and leading the Communist Party of China to victory against Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang in the Chinese Civil War. He is officially held in high regard in China as a great revolutionary, political strategist, military mastermind, and savior of the nation. Mao was one of the most important theoreticians and his ideas of revolutionary struggle and guerilla warfare have been extremely influential, especially among Third World revolutionaries. ===

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