Yan Jiachi (; 1885–1952) was a politician in the end of

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and the

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. He was a local official in the Qing and the Beijing Government. In the end, he became an important politician in the Reformed Government of the Republic of China and the

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(Republic of China-Nanjing). His

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was Mengfan (). He was born in Wuxian (now,

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and Xiangcheng District,

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Biography

Yan Jiachi came of the Suzhou prestigious family, Dongshan Yan Family ().By Sun Zhongweng. Yan Jiagan (

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), the

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also came of this family. He successively held the several local governors, for example, governor of the

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, governor of the

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, governor of the Shaozhou (now,

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), governor of the

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, etc. When he was holding an office, he recovered the remains of 72 revolutionaries which was executed at Huanghuaguang (). In January 1913, Yan Jiachi was appointed to the chief of the preparation office for National Tax in

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. It was not long before he was transferred to the manager of the Yuehai Barrier (). Next May, he promoted to the chief of the Financial Agency of Guangdong. In May 1915, he was transferred to the chief of the Financial agency of

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. Next August, he resigned his post. In October 1920, he was appointed to the chief of the Financial Agency of Jiangsu. In the same year, he became the General Manager of the Southeast University. In 1925, he resigned his post, and was appointed to the vice-chief of the general office for bureaucratic production in

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and

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. In March 1938, Liang Hongzhi established the Reformed Government of the Republic of China. Yan Jiachi also participated in it, and was appointed to the Vice-Minister for Finance. In November, he resigned his post. Next April, the Minister for Finance Chen Jintao () came down with illness, so Yan was appointed to the acting Minister (and Chen was dead on June), and he took office formally on September. In March 1940, the

was established, Yan Jiachi was appointed to the Political Affairs Vice-Minister for Finance and the Control Officer of the Control Yuan (). He worked as the Political Affairs Vice-Minister until January 1943, and worked as the Control Officer until May 1944. After the Wang Jingwei regime had collapsed, Yan Jiachi was arrested by the

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

's National Government. Because of the charge of the treason and surrender to enemy　(namely

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), he was sentenced to 13 years' penal servitude. After establishing the

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, his treatment wasn't changed. He died in prison,

in 1952.

References

* * Sun Zhongwang, "Yan Family, Dongting Dongshan Anrenli ()
The Office of Suzhou's History () Website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yan, Jiachi Politicians from Suzhou Chinese police officers Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan Prisoners and detainees of the People's Republic of China 1885 births 1952 deaths