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Beginning with the Wuchang Uprising on October 11, 1911 and in the following two months, provincial military governments declared their independence from the Qing Dynasty|Qing Empire under the name "Republic of China." On November 30, 1911, the "Central Military Government of the Republic of China" was established under the leadership of Li Y?an-hung.
The "Republic of China" was formally proclaimed on January 1, 1912 and Sun Yat-sen took office in Nanking (now Nanjing) as the first provisional president. Sun resigned on March 10 and was succeeded by former Qing Prime Minister Yuan Shikai. This moved the government to Peking (now Beijing).
Yuan Shikai declared himself Emperor on December 22, 1915. The current ROC government considers the Beiyang Government after this point to be illegitimate. Popular opposition led Yuan to retract his declaration on March 22, 1916.
Warlord Zhang Xun restored Aisin-Gioro Puyi to the throne for twelve days from July 1 to July 12, 1917.
The Beiyang Government was extinguished by the Northern Expedition. The Kuomintang established a rival government in Guangzhou and declared legitimacy over the "warlord" government in Peking (Beijing) (which they renamed Beiping since jing means "capital").
The KMT Government was headed collectively by the Governing Committee of the Military Government, viz., Sun Yat-sen, Tang Shaoyi, Wu Tingfang, Cen Chunxuan, Lu Rongting, Tang Jiyao, Lin Baoyi, from July 5 until August 21, 1918 when it was consolidated by Chairman of the Governing Committee Cen Chunxuan. On October 24, 1920 to May 4, 1921, figurehead duties were again given collectively to the Governing Committee of the Military Government, viz., Sun Yat-sen, Tang Shaoyi, Wu Tingfang, Tang Jiyao.
The KMT established its capital in Nanking following the successful Northern Expedition. It relocated to Chungking (now Chongqing) from 1937 to 1945 due to the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)|Japanese invasion.
A new constitution took effect on December 25, 1947 and Chiang Kai-shek was subsequently elected President by the National Assembly of the Republic of China|National Assembly. He resigned amid losses in the Chinese Civil War. The government moved from Nanking to Taipei on December 8, 1949. Li had left for the United States in November 1949 and Chiang officially resumed his powers in March 1950.
Starting from the ninth term the president is elected by popular vote among citizens of the Republic of China in the area it administered, instead of by the National Assembly.
Category:Lists of office-holders|China, List of leaders of the Republic of Category:Republic of China This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of leaders of the Republic of China".
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