Li Shaogeng (;
Hepburn: ''Ri Shōkō''; b. 1896), was a politician in the early
Republic of China
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who subsequently served in a number of cabinet posts of the
Empire of Manchuria
Manchukuo, officially the State of Manchuria prior to 1934 and the Empire of (Great) Manchuria after 1934, was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China, Manchuria from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic in 1932 afte ...
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Biography
A native of
Liaoyang
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Liaoning Province
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, Li graduated from the Harbin Higher Commercial School. He subsequently served in local government, and various posts under
Fengtian clique
The Fengtian clique () was one of several opposing military factions that constituted the early Republic of China during its Warlord Era. It was named after Fengtian Province (now Liaoning), and operated from a territorial base comprising the thr ...
warlord
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,
Zhang Zuolin
Zhang Zuolin (; March 19, 1875 June 4, 1928), courtesy name Yuting (雨亭), nicknamed Zhang Laogang (張老疙瘩), was an influential Chinese bandit, soldier, and warlord during the Warlord Era in China. The warlord of Manchuria from 1916 to ...
. He was also sent as envoy from Manchuria to
Vladivostok
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from March–September 1927. In 1931, he became a director of the
Chinese Eastern Railway
The Chinese Eastern Railway or CER (, russian: Китайско-Восточная железная дорога, or , ''Kitaysko-Vostochnaya Zheleznaya Doroga'' or ''KVZhD''), is the historical name for a railway system in Northeast China (als ...
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Following the establishment of Manchukuo, Li continued to work for the Chinese Eastern Railway, rising to the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors and President. In March 1935 he accepted the post of Minister of Transportation for the Empire of Manchuria – a post which he held to December 1942. From September 1942 to April 1944, Li also held the post of Foreign Minister of Manchukuo. In April 1945, Li was appointed as special envoy to the
Wang Jingwei Government
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.
Following the
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
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, Li went into hiding. His subsequent fate is unknown.
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Officials of Manchukuo (Japanese)
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Government ministers of Manchukuo
Republic of China politicians from Liaoning
Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan
1896 births
Date of death unknown
Politicians from Liaoyang
Diplomats of Manchukuo