He Peirong (; 1880 – June 6, 1942) was a military personnel and politician in the Republic of China. He belonged to the Beijing Government,

Anhui clique The Anhui clique () was a military and political organization, one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang clique in the Republic of China's Warlord Era. It was named after Anhui province because several of its ...

. In the end, he was an important politician during the

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and the

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(Republic of China-Nanjing). His

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was Yunshan (). He was born in Jianshi,

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Biography

In 1906 He Peirong went to Japan where he graduated Department of the Infantry in the 4th period, the

Imperial Japanese Army Academy The was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army. The programme consisted of a junior course for graduates of local army cadet schools and for those who had completed four years of middle school, and a senior course f ...

. Later he returned to China, he was appointed an instructor of the

Baoding Military Academy Baoding Military Academy or Paoting Military Academy () was a military academy based in Baoding, during the late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China, in the first two decades of the 20th century. For a time, it was the most important milita ...

. In 1912 the Republic of China was established, He Peirong was appointed Chief of Staff to the 2nd Division of the Beijing Army. He belonged to the Anhui clique. In February 1917 he became Chief to the Political Affairs Agency of Hubei Province. In next August he also held the position of Chief of the Financial Agency. In March 1919 He Peirong was appointed acting Governor Hubei, and on November, he was promoted to be real Governor. But in next August Anhui clique was defeated by

Zhili clique The Zhili clique () was one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang clique during the Republic of China's Warlord Era. This fragmentation followed the death of Yuan Shikai, who was the only person capable of ...

on Zhili–Anhui War, so he also resigned his post. He was transferred to Councilor to the office for Military Governor Hubei and Director to the Mining Bureau of the Hubei. From 1928 he didn't get any political or military position in the National Government. In 1937, after breaking out the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

, He Peirong was appointed Chief to the House of Councilors and chairperson to the Political Council in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...

. In October 1938 Wuhan was occupied by Japanese Troops, He was appointed President of the Local Preservation Council of Wuhan by Japanese. In next April he was appointed chairperson to the House of Councilors of Wuhan City, the

. In same November he was promoted to be Governor Hubei. In March 1940 the

was established, while He Peirong kept his former position. In same May he organized the local party which named Republican Party (Gonghedang; ). In October Hubei Provincial Government was reformed and was changed to the committee system, while he was also appointed Chairperson of Hubei. In December he dissolved the Republican Party, then he entered to the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

(Wang's clique) and was appointed Central Executive Member of it. In next May he also held the positions of executive director and Chief-secretary to the Hubei branch of Chinese General Assembly, the League of Eastern Asia. In June he also held the position of Commander of the Security Forces of Hubei. He Peirong was poisoned by Japanese Troops at Hankou Special City on June 6, 1942.By Xu ''op. cit.'' and Zheng ''op. cit.'' But Zheng introduced another three views about He Peirong's death, namely "death from sickness", "sudden death" and "poisoned by He's mistress".

Alma mater

Awards and decorations

Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain The Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain (Order of Chia-Ho ()), more simply the Order of the Golden Grain, was an award of the Republic of China. The award consists of nine classes. Recipients * Francis Aglen * Albert I of Belgium * ...

Order of Wen-Hu The Order of Wen-Hu (English – The Order of the Striped Tiger) was an award for military or naval service awarded by the Republic of China. It was issued in five classes. The badge showed a striped tiger in natural colours on a central meda ...

*Star of the Order of the Sacred Treasure *

Order of Rank and Merit Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...

6th class

References

Footnotes

* * Zheng Renjia (), "The biographical sketch of He Peirong" ()
'Biographical Writings'' () Website (need Traditional Chinese font) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:He, Peirong People from Enshi Republic of China politicians from Hubei Military personnel of the Republic of China Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan 1880 births 1942 deaths Deaths by poisoning