Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1887-10-30
Death 1975-04-05
Chinese
English, Chinese

Biographical notes:

Chinese political and military leader; head of state, 1928-1949; president of Taiwan, 1949-1975.

From the description of Chiang Kai-shek diaries, 1917-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872867

1909-1911 served in the Japanese army; 1911 founding member of the Kuomintang; 1913-1916 participated in revolution against Yuan Shikai; 1923 commandant of military academy at Whampoa; ?1925 commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army; 1927-1937 leader of the Nationalist Army during the Chinese Civil War; 1928-1931 Chairman of the National Government of China; 1931-1946 Chairman of the National Military Council; 1934 launched New Life Movement; 1937-1945 leader of the army during the Second Sino-Japanese War; 1938-1975 Director-General of the Kuomintang; 1943-1948 Chairman of the National Government of China; 1949 defeated by communists and moved to Taiwan; 1950-1975 President of the Republic of China

Epithet: President of the Republic of China

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x000142

Biography

Chinese political and military leader; head of state, 1928-1949; president of Taiwan, 1949-1975.

From the guide to the Chiang Kai-shek diaries, 1917-1972, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

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Subjects:

  • China
  • Sino
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Statesmen

Places:

  • Bengal, India (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Far East, Asia (as recorded)
  • Middle East, Asia (as recorded)
  • Thailand, Asia (as recorded)
  • Japan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Japan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Orissa, India (as recorded)
  • South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Bihar, India (as recorded)
  • North-West Frontier Province, India (as recorded)
  • Manchuria, China (as recorded)
  • Pakistan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Acton, London (as recorded)
  • China, Asia (as recorded)
  • Indonesia, Asia (as recorded)
  • Central Provinces and Berar, India (as recorded)
  • Ledo, Assam (as recorded)
  • Oslo, Norway (as recorded)
  • Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
  • North-West Frontier, India (as recorded)
  • North Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • Assam, India (as recorded)
  • Assam, India (as recorded)
  • Chesterfield, Derbyshire (as recorded)
  • East Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • Madras, India (as recorded)
  • Irrawaddy River, Myanmar (as recorded)
  • Conjeeveram, Madras (as recorded)
  • Korea, Asia (as recorded)
  • United States, North America (as recorded)
  • Baluchistan, Pakistan (as recorded)
  • United Provinces, India (as recorded)
  • South Eastern Asia, Asia (as recorded)
  • Malaya, Malaysia (as recorded)
  • Afghanistan, Asia (as recorded)
  • Bombay, India (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)
  • Iran, Asia Minor (as recorded)
  • Ethiopia, Africa (as recorded)
  • Punjab, India (as recorded)
  • Sind, India (as recorded)
  • Taiwan (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Japan, Asia (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Assam, India (as recorded)

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