Cao Kun

Cao Kun
President of the Republic of China
In office 10 October 1923 – 2 November 1924
Premier	Gao Lingwei (acting) Sun Baoqi Ku Wei-chün Huang Fu (acting)
Preceded by	Gao Lingwei (acting)
Succeeded by	Huang Fu (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1862-12-12)12 December 1862 Tientsin, Empire of China
Died	15 May 1938(1938-05-15) (aged 75) Tientsin, Republic of China
Political party	Zhili clique
Awards	Order of Rank and Merit Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain Order of Wen-Hu
Military service
Allegiance	Qing dynasty Republic of China Empire of China Zhili clique
Rank	General
Battles/wars	First Sino-Japanese War Beijing Coup National Protection War Zhili–Anhui War First Zhili–Fengtian War

General Cao Kun (simplified Chinese: 曹锟; traditional Chinese: 曹錕; pinyin: Cáo Kūn; Wade–Giles: Ts'ao K'un; courtesy name: Zhongshan (仲珊)) (December 12, 1862 – May 15, 1938) was a Chinese warlord and politician, who served as the President of the Republic of China from 1923 to 1924, as well as the military leader of the Zhili clique in the Beiyang Army; he also served as a trustee of the Catholic University of Peking.