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Chinese politician, Communist Party (CCP)
chair 1981-87. A protege of the communist
leader Deng Xiaoping, Hu presided over a
radical overhaul of the party structure and
personnel 1982-86. Hu, born into a peasant
family in Hunan province, joined the Red Army
at the age of 14 and was a political
commissar during the 1934-36 Long March. In
1941 he served under Deng and later worked
under him in provincial and central
government. Hu was purged as a `capitalist
roader' during the 1966-69 Cultural
Revolution and sent into the countryside for
`re-education'. He was rehabilitated 1975,
but disgraced again when Deng fell from
prominence 1976. In Dec 1978, with Deng
established in power, Hu was inducted into
the CCP Politburo and became head of the
revived secretariat 1980 and CCP chair 1981.
He attempted to quicken reaction against Mao.
He was dismissed Jan 1987 for his relaxed
handling of a wave of student unrest Dec
1986.