Song Jiaoren President

Song Jiaoren (Chinese: 宋教仁; pinyin: Sòng Jiàorén; Wade–Giles: Sung Chiao-jen; Given name at birth: Liàn 鍊; Courtesy name: Dùnchū 鈍初) (5 April 1882 – 22 March 1913) was a Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT). He was assassinated in 1913 after leading his Kuomintang party to victory in China's first democratic elections. Evidence strongly implied that China's provisional president, Yuan Shikai, was responsible for his assassination.

Personal facts

Song Jiaoren
Birth dateApril 05, 1882
Birth place
Qing dynasty , Hunan , Taoyuan County Hunan
Date of deathMarch 22, 1913
Place of death
Shanghai , Jiangsu

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Politician

officeVice President of Huaxinghui
party
Kuomintang
Tongmenghui
Huaxinghui
successor
Sun Yat-sen
Tongmenghui

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External resources

  1. http://www.economist.com/news/christmas/21568587-shot-killed-song-jiaoren-was-not-heard-around-world-it-might-have-changed