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Soong Ching-ling
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former Vice President of the People's Republic of China and third wife of Sun Yat-sen (1893–1981)
Soong Ching-ling was a prominent Chinese political figure who served as Vice President of the People's Republic of China and was married to Sun Yat-sen, the founder of modern China. She is historically significant because of her central role in early Chinese politics and her marriage to one of China's most important revolutionary leaders.
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- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Soong sisters
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Shanghai
- Place of death
- Beijing
- Spouse
- Sun Yat-sen
- Father
- Charlie Soong
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Wesleyan College
- Political party
- Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Soong Ching-ling.jpg
- Residence
- China
- Political ideology
- Three Principles of the People
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- ancestral home
- Wenchang
- Commons category
- Soong Ching-ling
- date of birth
- 1893-01-27
- date of death
- 1981-05-29
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- leukemia
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n.b. ^ Between 1976 and 1978, Soong presided over the meeting of the National People's Congress Standing Committee and performed its powers as head of state in her capacity as the NPCSC First Vice Chairperson.
Soong Ch'ing-ling (27 January 1893 – 29 May 1981; Christian name Rosamonde or Rosamond) was a Chinese politician. She was the wife of Sun Yat-sen, therefore known by Madame Sun Yat-sen and the "Mother of Modern China". A member of the Soong family, she and her family played a significant role in shaping the Republic of China. As a prominent leader of the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT), she founded the Revolutionary Committee of the KMT. She entered the Communist government in 1949, and was the only female, non-Communist head of state of the People's Republic of China. She was named Honorary Chairman of the People's Republic of China and admitted to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) a few weeks before her death in 1981.
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