Duan Qirui
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Chinese warlord and politician (1865-1936)
Key facts
- Premier
- Xu Shiying , Jia Deyao
- Preceded by
- Huang Fu (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Hu Weide (acting)
- President
- Feng Guozhang (acting)
- Born
- ( 1865-03-06 ) March 6, 1865, Hefei , Anhui , Qing Dynasty
- Died
- November 2, 1936 (1936-11-02) (aged 71), Shanghai , China
- Party
- Anfu Club
- Other political affiliations
- Anhui clique
- Children
- 4 daughters
- Education
- Tianjin Military Academy
- Occupation
- Military officer, statesman
- Awards
- Order of Rank and Merit , Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain , Order of Wen-Hu
- Allegiance
- Qing Dynasty , Republic of China , Anhui clique
- Branch service
- Beiyang Army , Anhui clique
- Years of service
- 1885–1926
- Rank
- Grand Marshal
- Commands
- Anhui Clique
- Battles wars
- Boxer Rebellion Xinhai Revolution Second Revolution Bai Lang Rebellion Manchu Restoration Constitutional Protection Movement Zhili-Anhui War Second Zhili-Fengtian War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Duan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of China
- Place of birth
- Feixi County
- Place of death
- Shanghai
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- viceroy of Huguang
- Educated at
- Baoding Military Academy
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Military branch
- New Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- DuanQirui.jpg
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- name in native language
- 段祺瑞
- described by source
- Nordisk familjebok
- Commons category
- Duan Qirui
- date of birth
- 1865-03-06
- date of death
- 1936-11-02
- courtesy name
- 芝泉
- art name
- 正道老人
- member of
- Anhui clique
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Encyclopedic overview
Duan Qirui (Chinese: 段祺瑞; pinyin: Duàn Qíruì; Wade–Giles: Tuan Ch'i-jui, pronounced [twân tɕʰǐ.ɻwêɪ]) (March 6, 1865 – November 2, 1936) was a Chinese statesman and general who controlled the Beijing Government during the late 1910s. He was the Premier of China on four occasions between 1913 and 1918, and from 1924 to 1926 he served as acting Chief Executive of China in Beijing. As the last leader of the Beiyang Army, Duan was highly respected among the warlords and people of China , and was the founder of the Anhui Clique.
A graduate of the Tianjin Military Academy, Duan studied military science in Germany and became a prominent artillery commander under Yuan Shikai. Following the Xinhai Revolution in 1911 and the fall of the Qing dynasty, he became minister of war and premier in the Yuan cabinet. He opposed Yuan's restoration of monarchy in China and, upon Yuan's death, continued as premier and took effective control of northern China. His tenure was marked by political infighting as well as conflict with southern parliamentarians under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen.
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