Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from the establishment of the PRC in 1949 until his death in 1976. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, his theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism. This digital artwork has used his portrait on China's 5 yuan bill.