Nationalist government (Republic of China)

Republic of China
中華民國 Chungkwa Minkuo
1925–1948
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem 《National Anthem of the Republic of China》 Flag 《National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China》
Republic of China in 1948. The communists territories are not showed
Capital		Guangzhou（1925-1926） Wuhan（1927，1937-1938） Nanjing（1927-1937，1946-1948） Luoyang（1932） Xi'an（1932）（Accompanied） Chongqing（1937-1946）
Languages		Mandarin
Government		Directorial system One-party state
Chairman of the National Government
•	1925–1926	Wang Jingwei
•	1928	Tan Yankai
•	1928–1931	Chiang Kai-shek
•	1931–1943	Lin Sen
•	1943–1948	Chiang Kai-shek
National Government Military Committee (Chairman of the board)
•	1932–1946	Military Affairs Commission
		Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek
Legislature		Legislative Yuan（1928-1948） National Political Council（1938-1948） Political Consultative Conference（1946） Constituent Assembly of the National Assembly（1946）
History
•	Set up	July 1, 1925
•	Northern Expeditions	1926, July 29
•	Chinese reunification (1928)	1927, August 1
•	War against the Communists	1928, December 29
•	Chinese reunification	1937, July 7
•	Japanese Invasion	1945, August 15
•	Constituition	May 20, 1948
•	Nationalist retreat to Taipei	December 7, 1949
Preceded by Succeeded by Army and Navy Marshal stronghold of the Republic of China Beiyang government Japanese Empire Government of the Republic of China Communist-controlled China (1927–49) Mongolian People's Republic
Today part of		People's Republic of China  Republic of China  Mongolia  Russia  Tajikistan  Afghanistan  Pakistan  Bhutan  Myanmar  India

The Nationalist government, officially the National Government of the Republic of China (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guómín Zhèngfǔ; literally: "Chinese Republic National Government"), refers to the government of the Republic of China between 1 July 1925 to 20 May 1948, led by the Kuomintang (KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party). The name derives from the Kuomintang's translated name "Nationalist Party". The government was in place until the Government of the Republic of China under the newly promulgated Constitution of the Republic of China was established in its place.

After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution on 10 October 1911, revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen was elected Provisional President and founded the Provisional Government of the Republic of China. To preserve national unity, Sun ceded the presidency to military strongman Yuan Shikai, who established the Beiyang government. After a failed attempt to install himself as Emperor of China, Yuan died in 1916, leaving a power vacuum which resulted in China being divided into several warlord fiefdoms and rival governments. They were nominally reunified in 1928 by the Nanjing-based government led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, which after the Northern Expedition, governed the country as a one-party state under the Kuomintang, and was subsequently given international recognition as the legitimate representative of China.