Zhou Enlai [SEP] position held
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai (; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China. Zhou was China's head of government, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Mao Zedong and was instrumental in the Communist Party's rise to power, and later in consolidating its control, forming foreign policy, and developing the Chinese economy. 
A skilled and able diplomat, Zhou served as the Chinese foreign minister from 1949 to 1958. Advocating
was to dismiss the leadership of Bo Gu, Li De, and Zhou Enlai. Mao Zedong was co-opted onto the standing committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau by military commanders Zhu De and Zhou Enlai, and was also restored to the position as the military commander of the Red Army.
On February 5, the Red Army arrived in Bijie, and held a Politburo meeting here. Zhang Wentian replaced Bo Gu as the CPC Central Committee General Secretary. On May 12, Zhang Wentian presided over the Huili