Zhuo Lin
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Zhuo Lin 卓琳 | |
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.jpg) Zhuo Lin in 1979, during a visit to the US | |
| Spouse of the paramount leader of China | |
| In role 1978–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Han Zhijun |
| Succeeded by | Wang Yeping |
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| Born | April 6, 1916 Xuanwei, Yunnan |
| Died | July 29, 2009 (aged 93) Beijing, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
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| Relatives | Deng Zhuodi (grandson) |
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Zhuo Lin (April 6, 1916 – July 29, 2009) was the third and last wife of Deng Xiaoping, former Paramount leader of China.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born Pu Qiongying (simplified Chinese: 浦琼英; traditional Chinese: 浦瓊英; pinyin: Pǔ Qióngyīng) in Xuanwei, Yunnan province, she was the daughter of an industrialist who manufactured Yunnan ham.[2] She attended Peking University, then moved to the Chinese Communist Party base in Yan'an, changed her name to Zhuo Lin, and then joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938.[2] In 1939 she married Deng in front of Mao Zedong's cave dwelling in Yan'an. They had five children - three daughters (Deng Lin, Deng Nan, Deng Rong) and two sons (Deng Pufang, Deng Zhifang). She died on July 29, 2009, aged 93, in Beijing.
References
[edit]- ^ Vogel, Ezra F. (2011). Deng Xiaoping and the transformation of China. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674055445. OCLC 754841335.
- ^ a b Barboza, David (2009-07-31). "Zhuo Lin, the Widow of an Ex-Leader of China, Is Dead at 93". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
External links
[edit]- Obituary (in Chinese)
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