Nationalist government

Republic of China
中華民國
Republic of China 中華民國
1925–1948
	Flag Emblem
	Anthem: "National Anthem of the Republic of China" (1937–1948) Flag anthem: "National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China" (1947–1948)
	National seal (1929–1949);
	Land controlled by the Republic of China in 1945 shown in dark green; uncontrolled claims shown in light green.
Capital	Guangzhou (1925–1926, 1949); Nanjing (1927–1937, 1946–1949); Wuhan (1927, 1937–1938); Luoyang (1932); Chongqing (1938–1946, 1949); Chengdu (1949);
Largest city	Shanghai
Official languages	Standard Chinese
Demonym(s)	Chinese
Government	Unitary provisional government under a military dictatorship (1925–1928); Unitary one-party directorial republic under a military dictatorship (1928–1947); Unitary dominant-party constitutional republic (1947–1948);
De-facto leader
• 1926–1948	Chiang Kai-shek
Premier
• 1928–1930 (first)	Tan Yankai
• 1947–1948 (last)	Zhang Qun
President
• 1928 (first)	Tan Yankai
• 1943–1948 (last)	Chiang Kai-shek
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Control Yuan
• Lower house	Legislative Yuan
History
• Established in Guangzhou	1 July 1925
• Northern Expedition	1926–1928
• Reset in Nanjing	18 April 1927
• Chinese Civil War	1927–1936, 1946–1950
• Second Sino-Japanese War	7 July 1937 – 2 September 1945
• Admitted to the United Nations	24 October 1945
• Retrocession of Taiwan and the Pescadores	25 October 1945
• February 28 incident	28 February 1947
• Constitution adopted	25 December 1947
• Government of the Republic of China established	20 May 1948
Currency	Chinese yuan; Old Taiwan dollar (1946–1949);
ISO 3166 code	CN
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Army and Navy Marshal stronghold of the Republic of China
	Beiyang government
Government of the Republic of China

The Nationalist government, officially the National Government of the Republic of China, refers to the government of the Republic of China from 1 July 1925 to 20 May 1948, led by the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party.

Following the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen was elected to be China's provisional president and founded the Provisional Government of the Republic of China. To preserve national unity, Sun ceded the presidency to military strongman Yuan Shikai, who established the Beiyang government. After a failed attempt to install himself as Emperor of China, Yuan died in 1916, leaving a power vacuum which resulted in China being divided into several warlord fiefs and rival governments. They were nominally reunified in 1928 under the Nanjing-based government led by Chiang Kai-shek, which after the Northern Expedition governed the country as a one-party state under the Kuomintang, and was subsequently given international recognition as the legitimate representative of China. The Nationalist government would then experience many challenges such as the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the Chinese Civil War. The government was in place until it was replaced by the current Government of the Republic of China in the newly promulgated Constitution of the Republic of China of 1948.