Tan Yankai
| Tan Yankai 譚延闓 |
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| President of the Republic of China | |
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In office 7 February 1928 – 10 October 1928 |
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| Preceded by | Zhang Zuolin |
| Succeeded by | Chiang Kai-shek |
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| Born | 25 January 1880 Hangzhou, Qing Empire |
| Died | 22 September 1930 (aged 50) Nanking, Republic of China |
| Nationality |
 Republic of China
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| Political party |
 Kuomintang
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| Traditional Chinese | 譚延闓 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 谭延闿 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tán Yánkǎi |
| Wade–Giles | T'an2 Yen2-k'ai3 |
| IPA | [tʰǎn jɛ̌nkʰài] |
Tan Yankai (Chinese: 譚延闓; January 25, 1880 – September 22, 1930) was a Chinese politician.
Tan Yankai was born on 25 January 1880 in Hangzhou during the waning decades of the Qing dynasty. A member of Liang Qichao's Constitutionalist Party, he campaigned for a parliament and restrained monarchy. As the party renamed itself the Progressive Party after the Xinhai Revolution, he was a major leader.
He left and joined the Kuomintang and became military governor of his home province. He remained neutral during Sun Yatsen's attempt to overthrow President Yuan Shikai in the 1913 Second Revolution but Yuan removed him anyway. He returned to power after Yuan's death and lead his province into resisting the Beiyang Army in 1917's Constitutional Protection War which saved Sun's Guangdong base. After a brief attempt in spearheading federalism, his subordinates forced him to resign. When Chen Jiongming was driven out of Guangzhou, Tan was made home minister by Sun.
He served as Chairman of the National Government during the first half of the Northern Expedition and again during its conclusion. Tan was a member of Wang Jingwei's Wuhan faction. He was the first internationally recognized head of state of the Nanjing based Kuomintang government. The United States was the first major power to give recognition on October 1, 1928, though they had already given de facto recognition back in July. After the Organic Law came to effect on the Double Ten Day, he was succeeded by Chiang Kai-shek. Tan then became premier, a post he would hold until he died in office.
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