Ruler · 1862 – 1938

Cao Kun

Lived 1862 – 1938; politician. President of the Republic of China of Taiwan, 1923 – 1924.

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Lived: 1862 – 1938; 76 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Taiwan
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the Republic of China

Taiwan · the 9th of 30 dated reigns · 1912 – 2024

5 before

Zhou Ziqi1922

Li Yuanhong1922 – 1923

Gao Lingwei1923

Cao Kun1923 – 1924

Huang Fu1924

Duan Qirui1924 – 1926

Yan Huiqing1926

18 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1923 – 1924 · 1 year · came to it aged 61

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1924; they died in 1938

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