Ruler · 1859 – 1916

Yuan Shikai

Lived 1859 – 1916; military leader, politician, military personnel. Great President of the Republic of China (Republic of China), 1912 – 1915 and 1 more term; also in the line of Taiwan, Chinese Empire and Empire of China.

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Lived: 1859 – 1916; 57 years
In office: 4 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 5th and 7th of 10 dated reigns · 1912 – 1948

1 before

Tang Shaoyi1912

Sun Yat-sen1912

Zhao Bingjun1912 – 1913

Yuan Shikai1912 – 1915

Duan Qirui1913

Yuan Shikai1916

Chiang Kai-shek1928 – 1931

Chiang Kai-shek1943 – 1948

Chen Gongbo1944 – 1945

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 – 1915 · 3 years · came to it aged 53 · term 1 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1915; they died in 1916

Reigned 1916 · under a year · came to it aged 57 · term 2 of 2

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; uremia

Also in the line of Taiwan (2nd of 30), Chinese Empire (394th of 395) and Empire of China.

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