Chen Mingshu

Chen Mingshu

Chen Mingshu (陈铭枢, 1889–1965) was a Chinese general and politician. He graduated from Baoding Military Academy and participated in the Northern Expedition. He was briefly premier after Chiang Kai-shek stepped down in December 1931. He took part in the Battle of Shanghai (1932), defending the city against the Japanese Empire.

He was one of the principal leaders of the Fujian Rebellion and the Productive People's Party, the failure of which forced him into exile in Hong Kong. In 1948, he joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang's central standing committee. After the People's Republic of China was founded, he sat on the standing committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress. He was forced out of politics by the Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957.

External links

• Chen Mingshu at Rulers.org

Government offices
Preceded by Chiang Kai-shek	Premier of the Republic of China 1931	Succeeded by Sun Fo

Persondata
Name	Chen, Mingshu
Alternative names
Short description	General and Premier of the Republic of China
Date of birth	1889
Place of birth
Date of death	1965
Place of death