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[[Image:Ncvjgfu.jpg|right|thumb|Mao Zedong]]
{{Dictator bio
| image =[[Image:Ncvjgfu.jpg|300px]]
| name =Mao Zedong
| birth =December 26, 1893<br/>Shaoshan, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
| parents =Mao Jen-sheng<br/>Wen Chi-mei
| religion =[[Confucianism]] (rejected)<br/>[[Buddhism]] (rejected)<br/>[[Atheism]]
| education =Hunan Normal School<br/>Peking University
| spouse =Luo Yixiu (married 1907-1910)<br/>Yang Kaihui (married 1921-1927)<br/>He Zizhen (married 1928-1939)<br/>Jiang Qing: (married 1939-1976)
| children =Mao Anying (from Yang)<br/>Mao Anqing (from Yang)<br/>Li Min (from He)<br/>Li Na (from Jiang)
| death =September 9, 1976<br/>Beijing, China
| deathmanner =Complications after heart attack
| burial =Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Beijing, China
| country =[[People's Republic of China]]
| military =n/a
| rank =n/a
| polbeliefs =Communism<br/>Maoism
| party =Communist Party of China
| dictatordate =October 1, 1949
| war =[[Chinese Civil War]]<br/>[[Great Leap Forward]]<br/>[[Cultural Revolution]]
| deathnumber =43,000,000 to 66,000,000 est.
}}
'''Mao Zedong''', (1893-1976) was the leader of Chinese Communism and a ruthless [[atheist]] dictator after he came to power in 1949. While not the founder, he was an early member of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in 1921. In 1935, Mao was elected to the Executive Committee of the [[Comintern]] in Moscow and remained on this committee until it was publicly disbanded in 1943. Mao is regarded as perhaps the biggest [[mass murder]]er in history. [http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM]
'''Mao Zedong''', (1893-1976) was the leader of Chinese Communism and a ruthless [[atheist]] dictator after he came to power in 1949. While not the founder, he was an early member of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in 1921. In 1935, Mao was elected to the Executive Committee of the [[Comintern]] in Moscow and remained on this committee until it was publicly disbanded in 1943. Mao is regarded as perhaps the biggest [[mass murder]]er in history. [http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM]
==Cultural Revolution==
==Cultural Revolution==
[[Image:Little red book.jpg|right|200px|thumb|During the [[Cultural Revolution]], it was required for every Chinese citizen to own, read, and carry at all times ''Quotations from Chairman Mao'', also known as "the little red book".]]
[[Image:Little red book.jpg|left|200px|thumb|During the [[Cultural Revolution]], it was required for every Chinese citizen to own, read, and carry at all times ''Quotations from Chairman Mao'', also known as "the little red book".]]
In 1966, Mao instigated the [[Cultural Revolution]], in which those disloyal to the Chairman were killed or humiliated in order to solidify Mao's control. [[Richard Nixon]] was the first United States president to meet with Mao, and thus the first to acknowledge the existence of the People's Republic of China, as opposed to [[Taiwan]]'s Republic of China.
In 1966, Mao instigated the [[Cultural Revolution]], in which those disloyal to the Chairman were killed or humiliated in order to solidify Mao's control. [[Richard Nixon]] was the first United States president to meet with Mao, and thus the first to acknowledge the existence of the People's Republic of China, as opposed to [[Taiwan]]'s Republic of China.