Wang Jingwei

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Wang Jingwei
汪精衞
1st President of the Reorganized National Government of Republic of China
In office 20 March 1940 – 10 November 1944
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Chen Gongbo
Premier of the Republic of China
In office 28 January 1932 – 1 December 1935
President	Lin Sen
Preceded by	Sun Fo
Succeeded by	Chiang Kai-shek
1st Chairman of Wang Jingwei's Kuomintang
In office 28 November 1939 – 10 November 1944
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Chen Gongbo
Personal details
Born	(1883-05-04)4 May 1883 Sanshui, Guangdong, Qing dynasty (now Foshan, Guangdong, China)
Died	10 November 1944(1944-11-10) (aged 61) Nagoya, Japan
Political party	Kuomintang Kuomintang-Nanjing
Spouse	Chen Bijun
Children	6
Military service
Branch/service	Peacebuilding National Army
Years of service	1940–1944
Rank	Generalissimo (特級上將)
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	汪精衞
Simplified Chinese	汪精卫
Hanyu Pinyin	Wāng Jīngwèi
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wāng Jīngwèi Wade–Giles Wang1 Ching1-wei4 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wōng Jīng-waih Jyutping Wong1 Zing1-wai6
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	汪兆銘
Simplified Chinese	汪兆铭
Hanyu Pinyin	Wāng Zhàomíng
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wāng Zhàomíng Wade–Giles Wang1 Chao4-ming2 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wōng Siuh-míhng Jyutping Wong1 Siu6-ming5

Wang Zhaoming (4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944), widely known by his pen name Wang Jingwei, was a Chinese politician who was president of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China, a puppet state of the Empire of Japan. He was initially a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT), leading a government in Wuhan in opposition to the right-wing Nationalist government in Nanjing, but later became increasingly anti-communist after his efforts to collaborate with the Chinese Communist Party ended in political failure.

Wang was a close associate of Sun Yat-sen for the last twenty years of Sun's life. After Sun's death in 1925, Wang engaged in a political struggle with Chiang Kai-shek for control over the Kuomintang, but lost. Wang remained inside the Kuomintang, but continued to have disagreements with Chiang. Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, Wang accepted an invitation from the Japanese to form a collaborationist government in Nanjing, of which he served as the head of state until his death shortly before the End of World War II in Asia. His legacy remains controversial among historians. Although he is still regarded as an important contributor in the 1911 Revolution, his collaboration with Imperial Japan is a subject of academic debate,^[1][2] and the typical narratives often regard him as a traitor with his name becoming synonymous with treason.^[3]