Song Jiaoren 宋敎仁 | |
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Acting President of Kuomintang | |
In office 25 August 1912 – 22 March 1913 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Sun Yat-sen |
Vice President of Huaxinghui | |
In office 15 February 1904 – 30 July 1905 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Taoyuan, Hunan, Qing dynasty | 5 April 1882
Died | 22 March 1913 Shanghai, Jiangsu, Republic of China | (aged 30)
Manner of death | Assassination |
Political party | Kuomintang (1912–1913) |
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Chinese | 宋敎仁 | ||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 鈍初 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 钝初 | ||||||||
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Song Jiaoren (Chinese: 宋敎仁; pinyin: Sòng Jiàorén; Wade–Giles: Sung Chiao-jen, [sʊ̂ŋ tɕjâʊɻə̌n]; Given name at birth: Liàn 鍊; Courtesy name: Dùnchū 鈍初; 5 April 1882 – 22 March 1913) was a Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT). Song Jiaoren led the KMT to electoral victories in China's first democratic election. He based his appeal on the upper class gentry, landowners, and merchants. Historians have concluded that provisional president, Yuan Shikai, was responsible for his assassination on 22 March 1913.[1]