Yao Wenyuan
Yao Wenyuan 姚文元 | |
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January 12, 1931 Zhuji, Republic of China, |
| Died |
December 23, 2005 Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
| Cause of death | Diabetes |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Ideology |
Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought Anti-Revisionism |
| Political party | CPC |
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Yao Wenyuan (Chinese: 姚文元, January 12, 1931 – December 23, 2005) was a politician, Communist revolutionary, In April 1969, he joined the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was a member of the Gang of Four during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution until the October 6 Coup. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in 1981 and became the last surviving member of the Gang of Four.