Ruler · 1883 – 1960

Yan Xishan

Lived 1883 – 1960; politician, military personnel. President of the Republic of China of Taiwan, 1949 – 1950.

Wikidata's English label: Yen Hsi-shan.

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

Lived: 1883 – 1960; 77 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 22nd of 30 dated reigns · 1912 – 2024

18 before

Wang Jingwei1940 – 1944

Chiang Kai-shek1948 – 1949

Li Zongren1949 – 1950

Yan Xishan1949 – 1950

Chiang Kai-shek1950 – 1975

Yen Chia-kan1975 – 1978

Chiang Ching-kuo1978 – 1988

5 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 1949 – 1950 · 1 year · came to it aged 66

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1950; they died in 1960

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