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Xi Zhongxun (Chinese: 习仲勋; pinyin: Xí Zhòngxūn; 15 October 1913 – 24 May 2002) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and politician who was the 1st Secretary General of the State Council from 1954 to 1965; Communist Party Secretary of Guangdong from 1978 to 1980; and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1980 to 1993. His second son, Xi Jinping, is the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012.
He is considered to be among the first and second generation of Chinese leadership. The contributions he made to the Chinese communist revolution and the development of the People's Republic, from the founding of Communist guerrilla bases in northwestern China in the 1930s to initiation of economic liberalization in southern China in the 1980s, are numerous and broad. He was known for political moderation and for the setbacks he endured in his career. He was imprisoned and purged several times.
