Lu Zhengxiang

Lu Zhengxiang
Premier of the Republic of China
In office
29 June 1912  22 September 1912
PresidentYuan Shikai
Preceded byTang Shaoyi
Succeeded byZhao Bingjun
Prime Minister of the Empire of China
In office
22 December 1915  22 March 1916
MonarchHongxian Emperor
Preceded byXu Shichang (as Premier of the Republic)
Succeeded byXu Shichang (as Premier of the Republic)
Personal details
Born(1871-06-12)12 June 1871
Shanghai, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty
Died15 January 1949(1949-01-15) (aged 77)
Bruges, Belgium
Spouse
Berthe-Françoise-Eugénie Bovy
(m. 1899; died 1926)
OccupationDiplomat
Benedictine Monk
AwardsOrder of the Double Dragon
Order of Leopold
Writing career
NationalityChinese
Period20th century
GenreMemoirs, reflections
Lu Zhengxiang
Traditional Chinese陸徵祥
Simplified Chinese陆征祥
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLù Zhēngxiāng
Wade–GilesLu4 Cheng1-hsiang1
IPA[lû ʈʂə́ŋɕjáŋ]

Lu Zhengxiang (later Pierre-Célestin, O.S.B.; 12 June 1871 – 15 January 1949) was a Chinese diplomat and a Roman Catholic priest and monk. He was twice Premier of the Republic of China and led his country's delegation at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.