Tang Shaoyi

  • Tang Shaoyi
  • 唐紹儀
1st Premier of China
In office
5 August – 19 September 1922
PresidentLi Yuanhong
Preceded byYan Huiqing
Succeeded byWang Chonghui
In office
13 March – 27 June 1912
PresidentYuan Shikai
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLu Zhengxiang
Minister of Mail and Communications
In office
26 October – 1 November 1911
MonarchXuantong Emperor
Prime MinisterYikuang, Prince Qing (cabinet)
Preceded bySheng Xuanhuai
Succeeded byYang Shiqi (acting)
In office
17 August 1910 – 6 January 1911
(acting)
MonarchXuantong Emperor
Preceded byXu Shichang
Succeeded bySheng Xuanhuai
Chinese Consul-general in Korea
In office
1896 – 1897
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTang Zhaoxian (acting)
Personal details
Born(1862-01-02)2 January 1862
Died30 September 1938(1938-09-30) (aged 76)
PartyUnity
Children3 daughters
EducationQueen's College, Hong Kong
Columbia University (BA)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese唐紹儀
Simplified Chinese唐绍仪
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáng Shàoyí
Wade–GilesT'ang2 Shao4-i2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTòhng Siuh Yìh
JyutpingTong4 Siu6 Ji4
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Tang Shaoyi (Chinese: 唐紹儀; 2 January 1862 – 30 September 1938), also spelled Tong Shao Yi, courtesy name Shaochuan (少川), was a Chinese statesman who briefly served as the first Premier of the Republic of China in 1912. In 1938, while preparing to collaborate with the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was assassinated by the staff of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics in Shanghai.