Wuhan Nationalist government

Wuhan Nationalist government 武漢國民政府 Wǔhàn guómín zhèngfǔ
5 December 1926 (1926-12-05)–21 September 1927 (1927-09-21)
Flag Blue Sky with a White Sun[1]
Capital	Wuhan
Chairman
• 1927	Wang Jingwei
Historical era	Warlord era
• Established	5 December 1926 (1926-12-05)
• Disestablished	21 September 1927 (1927-09-21)
Preceded by Succeeded by Army and Navy Marshal stronghold of the Republic of China Beiyang government Nationalist government

The Wuhan Nationalist government (Chinese: 武漢國民政府), also known as the Wuhan government,^[2] Wuhan regime,^[3] or Hankow government,^[4] was a government dominated by the left-wing of the Nationalist or Kuomintang (KMT) Party of China that was based in Wuhan from 5 December 1926 to 21 September 1927, led first by Eugene Chen, and later by Wang Jingwei.

Following the capture of Wuhan during the Northern Expedition, the Nationalist government based in Guangzhou moved there in December 1926. In April 1927, after National Revolutionary Army (NRA) commander-in-chief Chiang Kai-shek purged communists and leftists in the "Shanghai massacre", the Wuhan government split from Chiang in what is known as the "Nanjing–Wuhan split" (Chinese: 寧漢分裂). Chiang subsequently formed his own government in Nanjing. While Chiang continued the Northern Expedition on his own, increasing tensions between communists and the KMT in the Wuhan government resulted in a new purge of communists from that government, and an eventual reconciliation with the Nanjing faction, after which the government moved to Nanjing.