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March 16 and March 20, 1943: Mao Zedong is elected president
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Updated: 2011-03-16 15:44
March 16 and March 20, 1943: Mao Zedong is elected president of the Central Political Bureau
On March 16 and March 20, 1943, the CPC Central Committee held meetings of the Central Political Bureau in Yan'an. Ren Bishi reported on a proposal for restructuring and streamlining the institutions of the CPC Central Committee. The meeting decided that Mao Zedong would become the president of the Central Political Bureau and secretariat of the Central Committee. The meeting also decided that Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi and Ren Bishi would constitute the secretariat of the Central Committee. Liu Shaoqi was appointed vice president of the Central Military Commission. The meeting also set up the Propaganda Department and the Organizing Department of the CPC Central Committee.
CPC Heroes
Zhu De
Zhu De, born in Yilong County of Sichuan Province in 1886 and passed away in 1976, is a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman and military strategist.
Chen Yi
A native of Le Zhi, in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and awarded by the People's Republic of China the military rank of marshal; Served as the country's Vice Premier (1954-1972) and Foreign Minister (1958-1972)