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Deng Xiaoping.
As Mao died in September 1976, and Zhou Enlai died in January 1976, it would have been difficult - to say the least - for Zhou to have succeeded Mao.
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After the death of Chairman Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai was the Premier.
Zhou Enlai died only 8 months after Mao Zedong, whereupon Deng Xiaoping succeeded Zhou as the First Vice Premier.