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Soong Ching-ling

1893 - 1981

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Soong Ch'ing-ling (27 January 1893 – 29 May 1981), Christian name Rosamonde or Rosamond, was a Chinese political figure. She was the wife of Sun Yat-sen, therefore known by Madame Sun Yat-sen and the "Mother of Modern China." A member of the Soong family, she and her family played a significant role in shaping the Republic of China. As a prominent leader of the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT), she founded the Revolutionary Committee of the KMT. She entered the Communist government in 1949, and was the only female, non-Communist head of state of the People's Republic of China. She was named Honorary President of the People's Republic of China and admitted to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a few weeks before her death in 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Soong Ching-ling is the 1,423rd most popular politician (down from 1,209th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from China (up from 81st in 2019) and the 49th most popular Chinese Politician.

Soong Ching-ling is most famous for being the wife of Sun Yat-sen, the first president of the Republic of China.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Soong Ching-ling ranks 1,423 out of 19,576. Before her are Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Gwangjong of Goryeo, Louis III of France, Berenice III of Egypt, Yitzhak Shamir, and Sandra Mason. After her are Lazare Carnot, Ahmed Ben Bella, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Albert Lebrun, and Fuxi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Soong Ching-ling ranks 14. Before her are Vladimir Mayakovsky, Leslie Howard, Allen Dulles, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Alexander of Greece, and Carol II of Romania. After her are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Draža Mihailović, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Lazar Kaganovich, and Roland Freisler. Among people deceased in 1981, Soong Ching-ling ranks 10. Before her are Albert Speer, Hans Adolf Krebs, Moshe Dayan, Bill Haley, Frederica of Hanover, and Claude Auchinleck. After her are Max Euwe, Odd Hassel, Hideki Yukawa, William Wyler, Harold Urey, and Béla Guttmann.

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In China

Among people born in China, Soong Ching-ling ranks 80 out of 1,610. Before her are Chongzhen Emperor (1611), Qin Er Shi (-229), Jianwen Emperor (1377), Jiaqing Emperor (1760), 2nd Dalai Lama (1476), and Wanli Emperor (1563). After her are Fuxi (-2900), Jiang Qing (1914), Shang Yang (-390), Xuande Emperor (1399), Wu Cheng'en (1500), and Walter Houser Brattain (1902).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Soong Ching-ling ranks 49. Before her are Chongzhen Emperor (1611), Qin Er Shi (-229), Jianwen Emperor (1377), Jiaqing Emperor (1760), 2nd Dalai Lama (1476), and Wanli Emperor (1563). After her are Fuxi (-2900), Jiang Qing (1914), Shang Yang (-390), Xuande Emperor (1399), Emperor Yao (-2324), and Hu Yaobang (1915).

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