Demchugdongrub
Sign in to saveDemchugdongrub (8 February 1902 – 23 May 1966), also known as Prince De (), courtesy name Xixian (), was a Qing dynasty Chinese Mongol prince descended from the Borjigin imperial clan who lived during the 20th century and became the leader of an independence movement in Inner Mongolia. He was most notable for being the chairman of the pro-Japanese Mongol Military Government (1938–39) and later of the puppet state of Mengjiang (1939–45), during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In the modern day, some see Demchugdongrub as a Mongol nationalist promoting Pan-Mongolism, while others view him as a tra
Key facts
- Officeholder.name
- Demchugdongrub
- Officeholder.image
- Prince Demchugdongrub NAC 1930s.png
- Officeholder.caption
- Demchugdongrub in 1938
- Officeholder.office
- Chairman of the Mongol Military Government
- Officeholder.term_start
- 1 July 1938
- Officeholder.term_end
- 1 September 1939
- Officeholder.predecessor
- Yondonwangchug
- Officeholder.successor
- Himself (as Head of state of Mengjiang)
- Officeholder.office2
- Head of state of Mengjiang
- Officeholder.term_start2
- 1 September 1939
- Officeholder.term_end2
- 20 August 1945
- Officeholder.predecessor2
- Himself (as Chairman of the Mongol Military Government)
- Officeholder.successor2
- Position abolished
- Officeholder.birth_place
- Sonid Right Banner, Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, China
- Officeholder.death_place
- Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
- Officeholder.nationality
- Chinese Mongol
- Officeholder.awards
- Order of the Rising SunMongolia Military Merit MedalPeterson, DAI NIPPON MILITARY MEMORABILIA ITEMS FROM WARTIME JAPAN
- Officeholder.relatives
- Royal family of Mengjiang
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Early political activities
- Collaboration with the Japanese
- Expansion into Chahar
- Expansion into Suiyuan
- Conflict with Yan Xishan
- Downfall
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- Books
- Documents
- External links
Demchugdongrub (8 February 1902 – 23 May 1966), also known as Prince De (), courtesy name Xixian (), was a Qing dynasty Chinese Mongol prince descended from the Borjigin imperial clan who lived during the 20th century and became the leader of an independence movement in Inner Mongolia. He was most notable for being the chairman of the pro-Japanese Mongol Military Government (1938–39) and later of the puppet state of Mengjiang (1939–45), during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In the modern day, some see Demchugdongrub as a Mongol nationalist promoting Pan-Mongolism, while others view him as a traitor and a pawn of the Japanese during World War II.
==Early life== Demchugdongrub was a Chahar born into the Plain White Banner of the Eight Banners in Chahar Province during the Qing dynasty. He was the sole son of Namjil Wangchuk, the Duoluo Duling Junwang ( Duōluō Dùléng Jùnwáng) of the Sönid Right Banner and Chief of the Xilingol League. His name consists of the Tibetan words "Chakrasamvara" () and "Siddhartha" () respectively.
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