Chiang Kai-shek

Leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975

Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975) was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman who was the president of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1975 and the head of the Nationalist government from 1925 to 1948. As the de facto leader of the Republic of China (ROC), he ruled the country through World War II and oversaw the relocation of its government to Taiwan following defeat in the Chinese Civil War. Born in Zhejiang, Chiang received a military education in China and Japan, joined Sun Yat-sen's Tongmenghui in 1908, and, after the 1911 Revolution, participated in the National Protection War.

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