Constitutional Protection Junta

Republic of China Military Government
中華民國軍政府
護法軍政府
1917–1920
1920–1921
Provincial members of the Constitutional Protection Movement shown in dark blue; former member (light blue)
CapitalGuangzhou
Common languagesStandard Chinese
GovernmentStratocracy
Generalissimo 
 1917–1918
Sun Yat-sen
 1920–1921
Sun Yat-sen
Chairman of Presidium 
 1918–1920
Cen Chunxuan
 1920–1921
Sun Yat-sen
LegislatureRepublic of China Guangzhou Extraordinary Session of Congress
History 
17 September 1917
 Established
1 September, 1917
 Dissolved
24 October 1920
 Reestablished
28 November 1920
 Disestablished
2 April 1921
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Beiyang Government
Beiyang Government
Government of the Republic of China in Guangzhou

The Constitutional Protection Junta (Chinese Language: 護法軍政府) was a military government established by the Kuomintang in Guangzhou in opposition to the Beiyang government on 1 September 1917, after the beginning of the Constitutional Protection Movement on 17 July 1917.