Yao Wenyuan

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Yao Wenyuan

姚文元
Born 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

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 Communist Party of China 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.

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