Mao Zedong, commonly called "Chairman Mao" in China, (December 26, 1893 ˇV September 9, 1976) was a Chinese Marxist military and political leader, who led the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to victory against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Chinese Civil War, leading to the establishment of the Peopleˇ¦s Republic of China on October 1, 1949 in Beijing.