Ruler · Twentieth century · China
Chiang Kai-shek
1887–1975
Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party after Sun Yat-sen, and the Nationalist side of the war with Japan and the civil war. His government retreated to Taiwan in December 1949.
Facts
- Born
- 31 October 1887, Xikou, Zhejiang
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chiang Kai-shek
- Died
- 5 April 1975, Taipei
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chiang Kai-shek
- 1949
- The Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan in December 1949, after the communist victory on the mainland.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chinese Civil War
The record
Chiang Kai-shek led the Kuomintang, the Nationalist Party, after the death of Sun Yat-sen. His forces and the Communist Party fought a civil war from 1927, paused it in a united front against Japan, and resumed it in 1945.
The communist victory produced the People's Republic on 1 October 1949. The Nationalist government withdrew to Taiwan in December 1949. Chiang died in Taipei on 5 April 1975.
This page does not settle the argument over how the Nationalist state was governed. It records the offices, the wars, and the 1949 retreat.
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