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Rulers

People who held power. Offices and dates are sourced. Disputed figures are printed as disputed.

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Ruler · Twentieth century · ChinaChiang Kai-shek1887–1975Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party after Sun Yat-sen, and the Nationalist side of the war with Japan and the civil war. His government retreated to Taiwan in December 1949.
Ruler · Twentieth century · ChinaMao Zedong1893–1976Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1943 and the central figure of the People's Republic of China, proclaimed in 1949. He held party leadership until his death in 1976. The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution were carried out under his authority.