Chen Mingshu
General and Premier of the Republic of China
Died when: 75 years 212 days (907 months)Star Sign: Libra
Chen Mingshu (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; 15 October 1889 – 15 May 1965) was a Chinese general and politician.A Hakka from Hepu, Guangxi, he graduated from Baoding Military Academy and participated in the Northern Expedition.
He was briefly premier after Chiang Kai-shek stepped down in December 1931.He took part in the Battle of Shanghai (1932), defending the city against the Japanese Empire.
He was a member of Social Democratic Party of China.He was one of the principal leaders of the Fujian Rebellion and the Productive People's Party (General Secretary), the failure of which forced him into exile in Hong Kong.
In 1948, he joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang's central standing committee.After the People's Republic of China was founded, he sat on the standing committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress.
During the Anti-Rightist Movement, he was determined to be a "rightist".