The Democratic Party () was a short-lived political party in the early of the
Republican period of China from 1912 to 1913.
History
It was formed by several groups of politicians of the late Qing Constitutional Movement on 27 September 1912 in Beijing after seeing the
Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and
Republican emerged in the Provisional Senate of the
Provisional Republican Government.
Tang Hualong
Tang Hualong (1874 – September 1, 1918) was the education minister from 1914 to 1915 and the interior minister
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official posi ...
became the first Chairman of the party while
Liang Qichao
Liang Qichao (Chinese: 梁啓超 ; Wade-Giles: ''Liang2 Chʻi3-chʻao1''; Yale: ''Lèuhng Kái-chīu'') (February 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929) was a Chinese politician, social and political activist, journalist, and intellectual. His thou ...
was the actual head. The radical faction split from the party after the party stood with the government's stance on the Russo-Mongolian Agreement on 3 November 1912.
Under Liang Qichao, the Democratic Party, Unity Party, and Republican Party merged into the
Progressive Party on 29 May 1913. The Progressive Party became the flagship pro-Yuan party in the National Assembly.
See also
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List of political parties in the Republic of China
This article lists the political parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 7 December 1949.
The organization of political parties in Taiwan is governed by the Political Parties Act, enacted on 6 December 2017. The Political Parties Act de ...
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1912 Republic of China National Assembly elections
References
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1912 establishments in China
1913 disestablishments in China
Defunct political parties in China
Political parties disestablished in 1913
Political parties established in 1912
Political parties in the Republic of China