Chen Mingshu

Chen Mingshu
陳銘樞
Chen Mingshu in 1948
Acting Premier of China
In office 15 December 1931 – 28 December 1931
President	Lin Sen
Vice Premier	Himself
Preceded by	Chiang Kai-shek
Succeeded by	Sun Fo
Vice Premier of China
In office 16 December 1931 – 29 January 1932
Premier	Himself (acting) Sun Fo
Preceded by	T. V. Soong
Succeeded by	T. V. Soong
Minister of Communications
In office 1931 - 1932
Preceded by	Wang Boqun
Succeeded by	Zhu Jiahua
Personal details
Born	4 December 1899 Lianzhou, Guangdong, Qing dynasty
Died	May 15, 1965(1965-05-15) (aged 75) Beijing, China
Party	Kuomintang 1919-1926, ?-1949 Social Democratic Party of China Productive People's Party Chinese Communist Party 1949-1957
Education	Baoding Military Academy

Chen Mingshu (simplified Chinese: 陈铭枢; traditional Chinese: 陳銘樞; 4 December 1889 – 15 May 1965) was a Chinese general and politician. A Hakka from Hepu, Guangxi, he graduated from Baoding Military Academy and participated in the Northern Expedition. He was briefly premier after Chiang Kai-shek stepped down in December 1931. In 1932, he took part in the January 28 incident in Shanghai, defending the city against the Empire of Japan.

He was a member of Social Democratic Party of China.

He was one of the principal leaders of the Fujian Rebellion and the Productive People's Party (General Secretary), the failure of which forced him into exile in Hong Kong. Despite his involvement with the Fuijan Rebellion, Chen continued to be a member of the Kuomintang during Chiang's rule and returned to China before the end of the Chinese Civil War. Chen served as a representative of the Kuomintang and continued to represent the Republic of China, for example, as a representative of the KMT to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his visit to China.

In 1948, he joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang's central standing committee. After the People's Republic of China was founded, he sat on the standing committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress. During the Anti-Rightist Movement, he was determined to be a "rightist".