Wang Chonghui
Wang Chonghui | |
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| Foreign Minister of the Republic of China | |
| In office 4 March 1937 – 10 April 1941 | |
| Premier | Chiang Kai-shek H. H. Kung |
| Preceded by | Zhang Qun |
| Succeeded by | Quo Tai-chi |
| Premier of the Republic of China | |
| In office 5 August 1922 – 29 November 1922 | |
| President | Li Yuanhong |
| Preceded by | Yan Huiqing |
| Succeeded by | Wang Daxie (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1881 British Hong Kong |
| Died | 15 March 1958 (aged 76) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Relations | Wang Chongyou (brother) |
| Children | Wang Da-hong (son) |
| Education | Peiyang University (LLB) University of California, Berkeley Yale University (DCL) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 王寵惠 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王宠惠 | ||||||||
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Wang Chonghui (Chinese: 王寵惠; pinyin: Wáng Chǒnghuì; Wade–Giles: Wang Ch'ung-hui; 10 October 1881 – 15 March 1958) was a prominent Chinese jurist, diplomat and politician who served the Republic of China from its foundation in 1912 until his death in 1958. He was a close associate of the republic's founding father, Sun Yat-sen, an active member of the Kuomintang ("Chinese Nationalist Party"), and a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice in the Hague.