Lu Zhengxiang
Lu Zhengxiang | |
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| Premier of the Republic of China | |
| In office 29 June 1912 – 22 September 1912 | |
| President | Yuan Shikai |
| Preceded by | Tang Shaoyi |
| Succeeded by | Zhao Bingjun |
| Prime Minister of the Empire of China | |
| In office 22 December 1915 – 22 March 1916 | |
| Monarch | Hongxian Emperor |
| Preceded by | Xu Shichang (as Premier of the Republic) |
| Succeeded by | Xu Shichang (as Premier of the Republic) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1871 Shanghai, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty |
| Died | 15 January 1949 (aged 77) Bruges, Belgium |
| Spouse |
Berthe-Françoise-Eugénie Bovy
(m. 1899; died 1926) |
| Occupation | Diplomat Benedictine Monk |
| Awards | Order of the Double Dragon Order of Leopold |
| Writing career | |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | Memoirs, reflections |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陸徵祥 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陆征祥 | ||||||||||
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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.