Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, DENG Xiaoping, Vladimir Lenin, and Zhou Enlai were all Chinese Communist leaders. Mao Zedong was the founding father of the People's Republic of China and served as its Chairman from 1949 until his death in 1976. Liu Shaoqi was the President of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968. DENG Xiaoping was a Chinese revolutionary and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1989. Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924. Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from 1949 until his death in 1976.