Zhang Xun (Republic of China)

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Zhang Xun
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Premier of the Qing Empire
In office
1 July 1917 - 12 July 1917
Monarch Puyi
President Li Yuanhong
Preceded by Li Jingxi
Succeeded by Duan Qirui
Personal details
Born (1854-09-16)16 September 1854
Died 11 September 1923(1923-09-11) (aged 68)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Xun (simplified Chinese: 张勋; traditional Chinese: 張勳; pinyin: Zhāng Xūn; September 16, 1854 - September 11, 1923) was a Qing-loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi in 1917. He supported Yuan Shikai during his time as president.

Zhang served as a military escort for Empress Dowager Cixi during the Boxer Uprising. He fought for the Qing at Nanjing in 1911, then seized Nanjing from the KMT in 1913. Despite allowing his troops to savagely loot the city, Zhang was named a field marshal by Yuan. In 1917 Zhang entered Beijing to restore Puyi along with Kang Youwei but was thwarted by other generals. Zhang then took refuge in the Dutch legation and did not participate in politics again.

Zhang before 1923
Zhang Xun's troops in Xuzhou in 1917.


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Preceded by
Li Jingxi		 Prime Minister of China
1917		 Succeeded by
Duan Qirui
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