Liang Hongzhi

Liang Hongzhi 梁鴻志


Chairman of the Reformed Government of the Republic of China
In office March 1938 – March 1940
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	1882 Changle, Fujian, Qing Empire
Died	November 6, 1946, age 64 Shanghai, Republic of China

Liang Hongzhi; (Chinese: 梁鴻志; pinyin: Liáng Hóngzhì; Wade-Giles: Liang Hung-chih; Hepburn: Ryō Koushi, 1882 - November 6, 1946) was a leading official in the Anhui clique of the Beiyang Government, later noted for his role as in the collaborationist Reformed Government of the Republic of China during World War II.

Liang was a native of Changle in Fujian province. From 1888-1890, he lived in Japan, where his father had been dispatched to by the government of Qing Dynasty China. In 1903, he passed the Imperial examination and in 1905 was accepted to the predecessor to Beijing University. In 1908, he was sent as an official to Shandong province. After the Xinhai Revolution and the formantion of the Republic of China, he was recruited to the nationalist government by Yuan Shikai. After the death of Yuan, he gave his allegiance to Duan Qirui, warlord of the Anhui clique, serving as secretary to Duan Zhigui. After the defeat of the Anhui clique in the Zhili–Anhui War, he fled to the Japanese concession in Tianjin.