Wang Jingwei

Wang Jingwei
汪精衞
1st President of the Reorganized National Government of Republic of China
In office 20 March 1940 – 10 November 1944
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Chen Gongbo
Premier of the Republic of China
In office 28 January 1932 – 1 December 1935
President	Lin Sen
Preceded by	Sun Fo
Succeeded by	Chiang Kai-shek
1st Chairman of Wang Jingwei's Kuomintang
In office 28 November 1939 – 10 November 1944
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Chen Gongbo
Personal details
Born	(1883-05-04)4 May 1883 Sanshui, Canton, Qing Empire (now Sanshui District, Foshan, Guangdong, China)
Died	10 November 1944(1944-11-10) (aged 61) Nagoya, Empire of Japan
Political party	Kuomintang Kuomintang-Nanjing
Spouse	Chen Bijun
Children	6
Military service
Branch/service	Peacebuilding National Army
Years of service	1940–1944
Rank	Generalissimo (特級上將)
Battles/wars	Second Sino-Japanese War

Wang Zhaoming,^[a] widely known by his pen name Wang Jingwei^[b] (4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944), was a Chinese politician who was president of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China, a puppet state of Japan. He was initially a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang, leading a government in Wuhan in opposition to the right-wing government in Nanjing, but later became increasingly anti-communist after his efforts to collaborate with the Chinese Communist Party ended in political failure.

Wang was a close associate of Sun Yat-sen for the last twenty years of Sun's life. After Sun's death in 1925 Wang engaged in a political struggle with Chiang Kai-shek for control over the Kuomintang, but lost. Wang remained inside the Kuomintang, but continued to have disagreements with Chiang until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, after which he accepted an invitation from the Japanese Empire to form a Japanese-supported collaborationist government in Nanjing. Wang served as the head of state for this Japanese puppet government until he died, shortly before the end of World War II. His legacy remains controversial among historians. Although he is still regarded as an important contributor in the Xinhai Revolution, his collaboration with Imperial Japan is a subject of academic debate,^[1][2] and the typical narratives often regard him as a traitor in the War of Resistance with his name becoming synonymous with treason.^[3][4]

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