Yuan Shikai
1859 CE–1916 CE · Beijing
Yuan Shikai (1859-1916) was a Chinese general and statesman who became the first formal president of the Republic of China in 1912. A leading military figure in the late Qing period, he negotiated the abdication of the last emperor and assumed the presidency after Sun Yat-sen stepped aside, then moved to concentrate power in his own hands and suppress parliamentary opposition. In 1915 he proclaimed himself emperor of a new dynasty, but the attempt provoked widespread revolts and was abandoned within months; he died in 1916, leaving the country fragmented among regional warlords.
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