Eugene Chen

Eugene Chen
陳友仁
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
June 1, 1931 – 1932
Preceded byAlfred Sao-ke Sze
Succeeded byLuo Wengan
Personal details
Born(1878-07-02)2 July 1878
San Fernando, Colony of Trinidad and Tobago
Died20 May 1944(1944-05-20) (aged 65)
Shanghai, Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China
Resting placeBabaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, Beijing, China
Political partyKuomintang
Spouses
Agatha Alphosin Ganteaume
(m. 1899; died 1926)
(m. 1930)
Children
Parents
  • Chen Guangquan (father)
  • Mary Longchallon (mother)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳友仁
Simplified Chinese陈友仁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Yǒurén
Wade–GilesCh'en Yu-jen

Eugene Chen or Chen Youren (Chinese: 陳友仁; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Yu-jen; July 2, 1878, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago[1] – 20 May 1944, Shanghai), known in his youth as Eugene Bernard Achan, was a Chinese Trinidadian lawyer who in the 1920s became Chinese foreign minister. He was known for his success in promoting Sun Yat-sen's anti-imperialist foreign policies.[2]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20120418205323/http://www.yuantsungchen.com/images/Birth%20Certificate%20-%20Jack.jpg. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Howard L. Boorman; Richard C. Howard (1967). "Eugene Chen". Biographical Dictionary of Republican China. I. New York: Columbia University Press: 180–183.

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