Ruler · 1855 – 1939

Xu Shichang

Lived 1855 – 1939; politician. President of the Republic of China of Taiwan, 1918 – 1922.

Wikidata's English label: Hsu Shih-chang.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1855 – 1939; 84 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Taiwan
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the Republic of China

Taiwan · the 5th of 30 dated reigns · 1912 – 2024

1 before

Yuan Shikai1912 – 1916

Li Yuanhong1916 – 1917

Feng Guozhang1917 – 1918

Xu Shichang1918 – 1922

Zhou Ziqi1922

Li Yuanhong1922 – 1923

Gao Lingwei1923

22 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 1918 – 1922 · 4 years · came to it aged 63

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1922; they died in 1939

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