Yue Kaixian (

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: Yuè Kāixiān; Wade-Giles: Yue K'ai-hsien) (1883 – 1990) was a politician in the Republic of China. Another

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was Pijiang (). He was born in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese pro ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Biography

Yue Kaixian claimed that he was descended from

Yue Fei Yue Fei ( zh, t=岳飛; March 24, 1103 – January 28, 1142), courtesy name Pengju (), was a Chinese military general who lived during the Southern Song dynasty and a national hero of China, known for leading Southern Song forces in the wa ...

who was a hero in Southern Song Dynasty. From 1933 until February 1936, Yue Kaixian worked as the Foreign Ministry's Special Negotiator to Chahar (at that time, the Chairperson of Chahar was Song Zheyuan). Later Yue Kaixian participated in the Provisional Government of the Republic of China. In January 1939 he was appointed Director to the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Administrative Council of the same Government. In March 1940 the

Wang Jingwei regime The Wang Jingwei regime or the Wang Ching-wei regime is the common name of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China ( zh , t = 中華民國國民政府 , p = Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guómín Zhèngfǔ ), the government of the pu ...

was established, he was appointed Chief to the General Office for Business ()This post was corresponding to Vice-Governor. On that time, the Governor to the General Office was Wang Yintai. which post he held until November 1943. After that the whereabouts of Yue Kaixian were unknown.

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* * Politicians from Chengdu Foreign ministers of the Republic of China Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan 1883 births Year of death uncertain Republic of China politicians from Sichuan {{China-politician-stub