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 was Vice President from 1916 to 1917 and then acting President of the Republic of China from 1917 to 1918. He emerged as one of the senior commanders of the Beiyang Army and is considered the founder of one of the main warlord factions, the Zhili clique, that vied for control of the internationally recognized government in China during the Warlord Era. Feng was a first degree holder of the imperial examination and graduated from the Tianjin Military School. He served in northeastern China before and during the First Sino-Japanese War and afterward was China's military attaché to Japan in 1895. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Feng Guozhang is the 7,080th most popular politician (down from 6,918th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from China (up from 519th in 2019) and the 271st most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Feng Guozhang ranks 7,080 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 474 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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