Duan Zhigui (; 1869 – March 1925) was a Chinese general. Born in
Hefei
Hefei (; ) is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, and cultural center of Anhui. Its population was 9,369,881 as of the 2020 census and its built-up ( ...
,
Anhui
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, he attained the post of
Heilongjiang
Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...
governor in the late
Qing dynasty
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and between 1912-13 was governor of
Chahar and the military governor of
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
between 1914–15, as well as military and civil governor of
Fengtian in 1915-16.
A staunch supporter of
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and eventually ended the Qing dynasty rule of China in 1912, later becoming the Emperor of China. H ...
, he was nicknamed the "Adopted Prince", and when
Duan Qirui
Duan Qirui (; ) (March 6, 1865 – November 2, 1936) was a Chinese warlord and politician, a commander of the Beiyang Army and the acting Chief Executive of the Republic of China (in Beijing) from 1924 to 1926. He was also the Premier of the R ...
, a fellow Hefei native, took the Beijing government in 1917, Duan was made a Minister of War;
however, with Duan Qirui's defeat by 1920, Duan Zhigui fled to the Japanese embassy. He was remitted in 1922 and lived in Tianjin until his death there in 1925.
References
External links
Tuan Chi-kwei (Duan Zhigui) 段芝貴from ''Biographies of Prominent Chinese'' c.1925.
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1869 births
1925 deaths
Politicians from Hefei
Qing dynasty generals
Republic of China warlords from Anhui
Chinese police officers
Governors of Heilongjiang
Viceroys of Huguang
Members of the Anhui clique
Empire of China (1915–1916)