Great Helmsman is a Chinese honorific title. Equivalent terms include Helm Master and Helmsman. It most commonly refers to Mao Zedong (1893–1976), Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and paramount leader of China from 1949 to 1976. It may also refer to:Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012 Jim Bolger (1935–2025), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997 The Great Helmsman (play), a 2007 play by David Henry Hwang