Peng Zhen
Chinese politician
Died when: 94 years 196 days (1134 months)Star Sign: Libra
Peng Zhen (pronounced [p???? ???´n];October 12, 1902 – April 26, 1997) was a leading member of the Chinese Communist Party.He led the party organization in Beijing following the victory of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, but was purged during the Cultural Revolution for opposing Mao's views on the role of literature in relation to the state.
He was rehabilitated under Deng Xiaoping in 1982 along with other 'wrongly accused' officials, and became the inaugural head of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.
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