Chen Mingshu
Chen Mingshu (simplified Chinese: 陈铭枢; traditional Chinese: 陳銘樞; 15 October 1889 – 15 May 1965) was a Chinese general and politician. A Hakka from Hepu, Guangxi, he graduated from Baoding Military Academy and participated in the Northern Expedition. He was briefly premier after Chiang Kai-shek stepped down in December 1931. He took part in the Battle of Shanghai (1932), defending the city against the Japanese Empire.
Chen Mingshu | |
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陳銘樞 | |
![]() Chen Mingshu as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries | |
Acting Premier of the Republic of China | |
In office 15 December 1931 – 28 December 1931 | |
President | Lin Sen |
Vice Premier | Himself |
Preceded by | Chiang Kai-shek |
Succeeded by | Sun Fo |
Vice Premier of the Republic of China | |
In office 16 December 1931 – 29 January 1932 | |
Premier | Himself (acting) Sun Fo |
Preceded by | T. V. Soong |
Succeeded by | T. V. Soong |
Minister of Communications, Republic of China | |
In office 1931 - 1932 | |
Preceded by | Wang Boqun |
Succeeded by | Zhu Jiahua |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 December 1899 Limchow, Kwangtung, Qing Dynasty |
Died | 1965 Beijing, China |
Nationality | ![]() ![]() |
Political party | Kuomintang 1919-1926, ?-1949 Social Democratic Party of China Productive People's Party Communist Party of China 1949-1957 |
Alma mater | Baoding Military Academy |
He was a member of Social Democratic Party of China.
He was one of the principal leaders of the Fujian Rebellion and the Productive People's Party (General Secretary), the failure of which forced him into exile in Hong Kong. In 1948, he joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang's central standing committee. After the People's Republic of China was founded, he sat on the standing committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress. During the Anti-Rightist Movement, he was determined to be a "rightist".[1][2][3]
References
- The former residence of the Hakka patriot Chen Mingshu was established in Zhangjia Village, Beihai, Guangxi
- Li Xin (李新 1918), Editor,中國社會科學院近代史研究所中華民國史研究室
- Edited by Han Xinfu (韓信夫) and Jiang Kefu (姜克夫),《中華民國史大事記》History of the Republic of China, Beijing, 華書局,2011, ISBN 9787101079982
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