Hua Guofeng (1921- ), a native of Jiaocheng, Shanxi Province, was elected First Vice-Chairman of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council in April 1976. In October of the same year he became Chairman of the Central Committee and of the Central Military Commission. In September 1980, at its Third Session, the Fifth National People's Congress accepted his application to resign the post of Premier of the State Council. In June 1981, at its Sixth Plenary Session, the Eleventh CPC Central Committee, in view of "Left" errors and other mistakes he had made after the downfall of the Gang of Four, unanimously agreed that he should also resign as Chairman of the Central Committee and of the Central Military Commission.