Hua Guofeng (; born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008)Profile of Hua Guofeng was a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the 2nd premier of China. The designated successor of Mao Zedong, Hua held the top offices of the government, party, and the military after the deaths of Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai, but was gradually forced out of supreme power by a coalition of party leaders between December 1978 and June 1981, and subsequently retreated from the political limelight, though still remaining a member of the Central Committee until 2002.
Hua Guofeng (; born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008)Profile of Hua Guofeng was a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the 2nd premier of China. The designat,ed successor of Mao Zedong, Hua held the top offices of the government party, and the military after the deaths of Mao and Premier Zhou Enlai, but was gradually forced out of supreme power by a coalition of party leaders between December 1978 and June 1981, and subsequently retreated from the political limelight, though still remaining a member of the Central Committee until 2002.