Yuan Shikai Biography

Yuan Shikai biography

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NAME: Yuan Shikai
OCCUPATION: Military Leader, World Leader, Government Official
BIRTH DATE: c. 1859
DEATH DATE: June 06, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH: Henan Province, China
AKA: Yüan Shih-kai

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Yuan Shikai was a Chinese army leader and reformist minister in the twilight of the Qing dynasty and then first president of the Republic of China.

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In 1885, Yuan Shikai was made Chinese commissioner at Seoul and rose steadily through the ranks of government. Nearly 25 years later, revolution threatened to engulf the Qing dynasty, and so both the emperor and the provisional president in Nanjing recommended Yuan to be the first president of China. But after an ill-advised grab for lifelong power, he was forced to resign.