Ruler · 1880 – 1930

Tan Yankai

Lived 1880 – 1930; politician. President of the Republic of China of Taiwan, 1928.

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Lived: 1880 – 1930; 50 years
Lines: 1; Taiwan
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the Republic of China

Taiwan · the 17th of 30 dated reigns · 1912 – 2024

13 before

Du Xigui1926

Wellington Koo1926 – 1927

Zhang Zuolin1927 – 1928

Tan Yankai1928

Lin Sen1931 – 1943

Wang Jingwei1940 – 1944

Chiang Kai-shek1948 – 1949

10 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 1928 · under a year · came to it aged 48

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1928; they died in 1930

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