Zhuo Lin (April 6, 1916 – July 29, 2009) was the third and last wife of

Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping also Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Teng Hsiao-p'ing; born Xiansheng (). (22 August 190419 February 1997) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's R ...

, former

Paramount leader Paramount leader () is an informal term for the most important Supreme leader, political figure in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberatio ...

of China.

Biography

Born Pu Qiongying () in Xuanwei,

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

province, she was the daughter of an industrialist who manufactured Yunnan ham. 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 The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

in 1938. In 1939 she married Deng in

Yan'an Yan'an; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi Province of China, province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several c ...

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhuo, Lin 1916 births 2009 deaths Family of Deng Xiaoping Chinese communists People from Qujing National University of Peking alumni