Liu Menggeng () (1881–after 1937) was a politician and physician of the
Republic of China
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and
Manchukuo
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 ...
. He was born in
Qinhuangdao,
Hebei
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.
Background and disappearance
Menggeng was the 8th Republican mayor of
Beijing
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. He was affiliated with the
Zhili clique
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, which was part of the
Beiyang government
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. After the creation of
Manchukuo
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, he accepted a Japanese offer to be the collaborationist governor of
Rehe Province. His whereabouts after leaving office are unknown.
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*徐主編（2007）、2508頁。
*天津市河北区政務網
*劉ほか編（1995）、1195頁。
*「満州国退官者」『東京朝日新聞』1937年7月1日夕刊。]
See also
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List of people who disappeared
Lists of people who disappeared include those whose current whereabouts are unknown, or whose deaths are unsubstantiated. Many people who disappear are eventually declared dead ''in absentia''. Some of these people were possibly subjected to enfo ...
References
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新発現並基本確認的河北区名人旧居居（三）
天津市河北区政務網（天津市河北区人民政府ホームページ）
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1881 births
1930s missing person cases
20th-century Chinese physicians
20th-century deaths
Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan
Mayors of Beijing
Members of the Zhili clique
Missing person cases in China
People of Manchukuo
Politicians from Qinhuangdao
Physicians from Hebei
Republic of China politicians from Hebei
Year of death unknown