Zhuo Lin Explained

Zhuo Lin
卓琳
Order:Spouse of the paramount leader of China
Term Label:In role
Term Start:1978
Term End:1989
Predecessor:Han Zhijun
Successor:Wang Yeping
Birth Date:April 6, 1916
Birth Place:Xuanwei, Yunnan
Death Place:Beijing, China
Nationality:Chinese
Children:
Relatives:Deng Zhuodi (grandson)

Zhuo Lin (April 6, 1916 – July 29, 2009) was the third and last wife of Deng Xiaoping, former Paramount leader of China.[1]

Biography

Born Pu Qiongying in Xuanwei, Yunnan province, she was the daughter of an industrialist who manufactured Yunnan ham.[2] She attended Peking University, then moved to the Chinese Communist Party base in Yan'an, changed her name to Zhuo Lin, and then joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938. In 1939 she married Deng in Yan'an. They had five children - three daughters (Deng Lin, Deng Nan, Deng Rong) and two sons (Deng Pufang, Deng Zhifang).

Along with numerous other family members, Zhuo accompanied Deng Xiaoping on his 1992 southern tour.[3]

She died on July 29, 2009, aged 93, in Beijing.

References

  1. Book: Vogel, Ezra F. . Ezra F. Vogel

    . Deng Xiaoping and the transformation of China. Ezra F. Vogel. 2011. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 9780674055445. Cambridge, Mass.. 754841335.

  2. News: Barboza . David . 2009-07-31 . Zhuo Lin, the Widow of an Ex-Leader of China, Is Dead at 93 . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-06-03 . 0362-4331.
  3. Book: Chatwin, Jonathan . The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future . . 2024 . 9781350435711.

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