Ruler · 1866 – 1925

Sun Yat-sen

Lived 1866 – 1925; revolutionary, physician, philosopher, politician. Great President of the Republic of China (Republic of China), 1912; also in the line of Guangzhou government of the Republic of China, Army and Navy Generalissimo's Headquarters and Taiwan.

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Lived: 1866 – 1925; 59 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 4; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Great President of the Republic of China

Republic of China · the 3rd of 10 dated reigns · 1912 – 1948

Lu Zhengxiang1912

Tang Shaoyi1912

Sun Yat-sen1912

Zhao Bingjun1912 – 1913

Yuan Shikai1912 – 1915

Duan Qirui1913

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1912 · under a year · came to it aged 46

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1912; they died in 1925

Also in the line of Guangzhou government of the Republic of China (1st of 1), Army and Navy Generalissimo's Headquarters (1st of 2) and Taiwan (1st of 30).

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