Zhu Jiahua or Chu Chia-hua (; 30 May 1893 – 3 January 1963) was a politician in the Republic of China. In the early 1930s he served as Minister of Communications for the Nationalist Government in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

. He was the Vice Premier in 1949–1950. Zhu became acting president of Academia Sinica upon the death of

Cai Yuanpei Cai Yuanpei (; 1868–1940) was a Chinese philosopher and politician who was an influential figure in the history of Chinese modern education. He made contributions to education reform with his own education ideology. He was the president of Pek ...

in 1940, and was responsible organizing the relocation of its institutes from China to Taiwan during the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on m ...

and a period of low monetary funds. Zhu repurposed funds originally set aside for Chinese students to study abroad. Although the Kuomintang government agreed with Zhu's actions when he first proposed them, Chiang Kai-shek later withdrew his approval and Zhu resigned as president of the Academia Sinica in 1957. Zhu was elected an academician of Academia Sinica in 1948. Former Residence of Zhu Jiahua in Nanjing 2012-11

Former Residence of Zhu Jiahua in Nanjing 2012-11

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Chinese Nationalist politicians Political office-holders in the Republic of China on Taiwan 1893 births 1963 deaths Presidents of Sun Yat-sen University Taiwanese people from Zhejiang Members of Academia Sinica {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub

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