Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China, a totalitarian dictatorship, and ruled from 1949 until 1976. He is responsible for the Great Leap Forward, a five-year plan designed to modernize China, but instead it caused widespread starvation.

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Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists. Established China as the People's Republic of China, a totalitarian dictatorship, and ruled from 1949 until 1976. He is responsible for the Great Leap Forward, a five-year plan designed to modernize China, but instead it caused widespread starvation.