Jiang Qing, jee ahng cheeng (1914-1991), also spelled Chiang Ch'ing, was a Chinese political leader. She was married to Mao Zedong, China's top political leader, from about 1939 until Mao's death in 1976. Jiang led China's radical faction. This faction consisted of Chinese who supported Mao during the Cultural Revolution in China from 1966 to 1969 (see China). Under Jiang's leadership, many Chinese dramas and operas were rewritten so that they presented examples of the changes in Chinese government and Chinese society favored by Mao. In 1969, she was elected to the Politburo, the most powerful ruling body of China.