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The Republic of China president is called 總統 (Zǒngtǒng, "President"), and from 1912–1928, 大總統 (Dàzǒngtǒng, "Grand President"). Since 1949, the de facto territory of the ROC is reduced to Taiwan and its surrounding islands , the former previously ruled by Japan from 1895 to 1945, no longer governing mainland China .
This is a list of the presidents of the Republic of China.. The Republic of China controlled Mainland China before 1949. In the fall of 1949, the ROC government retreated to Taiwan and surrounding islands as a result of the takeover of the mainland by the Chinese Communist Party and founding of the People's Republic of China.
Sun Yat-sen was elected "President" by remnants of the 1912 National Assembly, but since this parliament lacked the quorum established by the 1912 Constitution, he took the title of Extraordinary President (非常大總統): Sun Yat-sen (5 May 1921 - 29 June 1922) In 1922, Sun was expelled from Guangdong by Chen Jiongming.
China Year: President Republic of China (Taiwan) President People's Republic of China (Mainland China) 1949 Li Zongren (acting) Mao Zedong
1 year, 328 days (22) Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975) 11 December 1939: 31 May 1945 Chiang K. III Kuomintang: Chiang Kai-shek : 5 years, 171 days 26 Soong Tse-ven (T.V. Soong) 宋子文 Sòng Zǐwén (1894–1971) 31 May 1945: 1 March 1947 Soong: Kuomintang: 1 year, 274 days — Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng ...
1912: Sun Yat-sen elected First Provisional President of the ROC by delegates from independent provinces. 1912: Last emperor of China Puyi forced to abdicate, Yuan Shikai became president. 1915: Twenty-One Demands. 1916: Yuan Shikai dies. 1917: Manchu Restoration to restore monarchy in China by General Zhang Xun. 1919: Treaty of Versailles is ...
This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.
The Republic of China's first president, Sun Yat-sen, chose Zhōnghuá Mínguó (中華民國; 'Chinese People's State') as the country's official Chinese name.The name was derived from the language of the Tongmenghui's 1905 party manifesto, which proclaimed that the four goals of the Chinese revolution were "to expel the Manchu rulers, revive China (), establish a people's state (mínguó ...