Liu Shaoqi

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Shaoqi (pronounced [ljǒu ʂâutɕʰǐ]; traditional Chinese: 劉少奇; simplified Chinese: 刘少奇; 24 November 1898 – 12 November 1969) was a Chinese revolutionary, politician, and theorist.

Liu Shaoqi
劉少奇/刘少奇
President of the People's Republic of China
In office 27 April 1959 – 31 October 1968
Premier	Zhou Enlai
Vice President	Dong Biwu and Soong Ching-ling
Leader	Mao Zedong (Chairman of the Communist Party of China)
Preceded by	Mao Zedong
Succeeded by	Dong Biwu and Soong Ching-ling (acting)
Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office September 15, 1954 – April 28, 1959
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Zhu De
First Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China
In office 28 September 1956 – 1 August 1966
Chairman	Mao Zedong
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Lin Biao
Member of the National People's Congress
In office 15 September 1954 – 21 October 1968
Constituency	Beijing At-large
Personal details
Born	(1898-11-24)24 November 1898 Ningxiang, Hunan, Qing Empire
Died	12 November 1969(1969-11-12) (aged 70) Kaifeng, Henan, People’s Republic of China
Nationality	Chinese
Political party	Communist Party of China (1921-1968)
Spouse(s)	Zhou He Baozhen ​ ​ (m. 1923; died 1934)​ Xie Fei ​ ​ (m. 1935; div. 1940)​ Wang Qian ​ ​ (m. 1942; div. 1943)​ Wang Jian Wang Guangmei ​ (m. 1948⁠–⁠1969)​
Children	Liu Yunbin Liu Aiqin Liu Yunruo Liu Tao Liu Ding Liu Pingping Liu Yuan Liu Tingting Liu Xiaoxiao

He was Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee from 1954 to 1959, First Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1956 to 1966 and Chairman (President) of the People's Republic of China, China's de jure head of state, from 1959 to 1968.

For 15 years, President Liu was the third most powerful man in China, behind only Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Zhou Enlai. In the early 1960s before the Cultural Revolution, he became a critic of Mao.

Liu disappeared from public life in 1968 and was called the "commander of China's bourgeoisie headquarters", China's foremost "capitalist-roader", and a traitor to the revolution.

Liu died on 12 November 1969 in Kaifeng, Henan while under torture, aged 70. After his death, the Chinese government later honored him with a state funeral and is now seen as a political hero.