Demchugdongrub

Demchugdongrub
ᠳᠡᠮᠴᠣᠭᠳᠣᠨᠷᠤᠪ
Chairman of the Mongol Military Government
In office 1 July 1938 – 1 September 1939
Preceded by	Yondonwangchug
Succeeded by	Himself
Head of state of Mengjiang
In office 1 September 1939 – 20 August 1945
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1902-02-08)8 February 1902 Sonid Right Banner, Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, China
Died	23 May 1966(1966-05-23) (aged 64) Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China
Nationality	Chinese Mongol
Relatives	Royal family of Mengjiang
Occupation	Politician
Awards	Order of the Rising Sun Mongolia Military Merit Medal[1]
Military service
Allegiance	Mengjiang
Branch/service	Inner Mongolian Army
Years of service	1936–45
Rank	General
Commands	Inner Mongolian Army
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War Suiyuan Campaign Operation Chahar Battle of Taiyuan World War II Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Chinese-character names Chinese name Traditional Chinese 德穆楚克棟魯普 Simplified Chinese 德穆楚克栋鲁普 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Démùchǔkèdònglǔpǔ Wade–Giles Te-mu-ch‘u-k‘e-tung-lu-p‘u IPA [tɤ̌mûʈʂʰùkʰɤ̂tʊ̂ŋlùpʰù] Mongolian name Mongolian Cyrillic Дэмчигдонров Mongolian script ᠳᠡᠮᠴᠣᠭᠳᠣᠨᠷᠤᠪ Transcriptions SASM/GNC Demčugdongrub Chinese name Chinese 德王 Literal meaning King De' Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dé Wáng Wade–Giles Te Wang Mongolian name Mongolian Cyrillic Дэ Ван Xixian (courtesy name) Traditional Chinese 希賢 Simplified Chinese 希贤 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīxián Wade–Giles Hsi-hsien

Demchugdongrub^[a] (8 February 1902 – 23 May 1966), also known as Prince De (Chinese: 德王), courtesy name Xixian (Chinese: 希賢), was a Qing dynasty Chinese Mongol prince descended from the Borjigin imperial clan who lived during the 20th century and became the leader of an independence movement in Inner Mongolia. He was most notable for being the chairman of the pro-Japanese Mongol Military Government (1938–39) and later of the puppet state of Mengjiang (1939–45), during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In the modern day, some see Demchugdongrub as a Mongol nationalist promoting Pan-Mongolism,^[3][4] while others view him as a traitor and a pawn of the Japanese during World War II.^[3]

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