Chen Gongbo | |
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陳公博 | |
2nd President of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China | |
In office September 1944 – August 1945 | |
Preceded by | Wang Jingwei |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Mayor of Shanghai | |
In office November 1940 – December 1944 | |
Succeeded by | Zhou Fohai |
Personal details | |
Born | Northern Guangdong, Qing Empire | 19 October 1892
Died | 3 June 1946 Suzhou, Jiangsu, Republic of China | (aged 54)
Political party | CCP (1921–1922) Independent (1922–1925) KMT (1925–1937) KMT-Nanjing (1937–1945) |
Alma mater | Beijing University Columbia University |
Chen Gongbo (Chinese: 陳公博; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Kung-po; Japanese: Chin Kōhaku; October 19, 1892 – June 3, 1946) was a Chinese politician, noted for his role as the second and final president of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China, a puppet state of Japan.