Chang Ch'un
Chang Ch'ün (also Chang Chun ; Chinese 張群 , Pinyin Zhāng Qún ; born May 9, 1889 in Sichuan Province ; † December 14, 1990 in Taipei ) was a Chinese politician . He was a senior member of the Kuomintang and Prime Minister of the Republic of China .
Life
Chang went to the Tokyo Military Academy in 1907 , where he met Chiang Kai-shek . After serving in the Japanese army , they supported Sun Yat-sen in the revolution against the Qing monarchy in 1911. After Yuan Shikai's attempt to reestablish the monarchy and the associated political uprisings in China, he went to Japan, where he completed his military training in 1915. After a short time in the Dutch East Indies , he returned to the Republic of China and, among other things, became President of Tongji University for a few months in 1929 and, from 1930, Mayor of Shanghai and in 1933 Governor of Hubei Province . In 1935, Chang became Foreign Minister of the Republic of China. In the Kuomintang he belonged to the leadership circle with Huang Fu , Xiong Shihui , Yang Yongtai , Wang Ch'ung-hui , Wu Dingchang and Zhang Jiaoao . During World War II he was Secretary General of the National Security Council and Governor of Sichuan Province.
In 1946, Chang was in Nanjing as the representative of the nationalists in the talks moderated by the US negotiator George C. Marshall with the communists, represented by Zhou Enlai . This should enable a coalition government of the two camps, but as a result could only briefly interrupt the Chinese civil war . In 1947/48, Chang led the first coalition government as Prime Minister of the Republic of China (President of the Executive Yuan ). After moving the capital from Nanjing to Taipei, he became General Secretary of President Chiang Kai-shek in 1954, and in this position he influenced Taiwanese foreign policy. He represented the President on visits abroad, including the Second Vatican Council . In 1972 he was involved in the negotiation of Japan's move to recognize the People's Republic of China . In his last political position as Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Advisory Committee of the Kuomintang, he was an advisor to Presidents Chiang Kai-shek , Yen Chia-kan , Chiang Ching-kuo and Lee Teng-hui .
Chang was a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Palace Museum . He died of heart and kidney failure at the Veterans General Hospital in Taipei at the age of 101 .
literature
- Chang Chun , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 19/1947 from April 28, 1947, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ CHINA: Hao Hao! In: TIME Magazine , April 28, 1947
- ↑ Chang Chun Is Dead; Taiwan Aide Was 101 . In: The New York Times , December 16, 1990
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chang, Ch'un |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chang, Chun; 張群 (Chinese); Zhāng, Qún (Pinyin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of China |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Province Sichuan |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1990 |
| Place of death | Taipei |