POLITICIAN

Feng Guozhang

1859 - 1919

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Feng Guozhang (simplified Chinese: 冯国璋; traditional Chinese: 馮國璋; pinyin: Féng Guózhāng; Wade–Giles: Feng Kuo-chang; 7 January 1859 – 12 December 1919) was a Chinese general and politician in the late Qing dynasty and early republican China who served as the acting president of China from 1917 to 1918. He had also served as the vice president from 1916 to 1917, the governor of Jiangsu from 1913 to 1917, and the governor of Zhili from 1912 to 1913. He emerged as one of the senior commanders of the Beiyang Army and was the founder of the Zhili clique, one of the main factions during the Warlord Era in China. Feng was a first degree holder of the imperial examination and graduated from the Tianjin Military School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Feng Guozhang is the 7,078th most popular politician (down from 6,914th in 2024), the 473rd most popular biography from China (up from 518th in 2019) and the 271st most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Feng Guozhang ranks 7,078 out of 19,576. Before him are Arnulf II, Count of Flanders, Yawar Waqaq, Rimush, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Brian Boru, and Zuo Zongtang. After him are Aratus of Sicyon, Margherita de' Medici, Diego, Prince of Asturias, Rishi Sunak, Wu Peifu, and Sekhemib-Perenmaat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Feng Guozhang ranks 43. Before him are Francesc Macià, Fusajiro Yamauchi, Natalie of Serbia, Théophile Steinlen, Adolf Hurwitz, and Havelock Ellis. After him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Georg Alexander Pick, Takeda Sōkaku, Ravachol, Sen Katayama, and Prince Oscar Bernadotte. Among people deceased in 1919, Feng Guozhang ranks 55. Before him are Leo Jogiches, Hugo Riemann, Vasily Chapayev, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Adelina Patti, and Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia. After him are Friedrich Naumann, Luigi Illica, Hugo Haase, William Osler, Franz von Liszt, and Karl Brugmann.

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In China

Among people born in China, Feng Guozhang ranks 473 out of 1,610. Before him are Xu Shen (58), 9th Dalai Lama (1805), Ma Dai (183), Morris Chang (1931), Rebiya Kadeer (1946), and Zuo Zongtang (1812). After him are Qian Xuesen (1911), Wu Peifu (1874), Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809), Guo Shoujing (1231), Yao Wenyuan (1931), and Yang Xiong (-53).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Feng Guozhang ranks 271. Before him are 10th Dalai Lama (1816), Cai Yong (133), Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa (1924), Emperor Yizong of Tang (833), 9th Dalai Lama (1805), and Zuo Zongtang (1812). After him are Wu Peifu (1874), Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809), Yao Wenyuan (1931), Hong Tianguifu (1849), Zhang Lu (101), and He Zizhen (1910).

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