Chiang kai shek biography summary worksheet

Chinese politician and military leader (–)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chiang.

Chiang Kai-shek^[a] (31 October &#;&#; 5 April ) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and military commander who was the leader of the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) party and commander-in-chief and Generalissimo of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) from , and leader of the Republic of China (ROC) in mainland China from After Chiang was defeated in the Chinese Civil War by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in , he continued to lead the Republic of China on the island of Taiwan until his death in He was considered the legitimate head of China by the United Nations until

Born in Zhejiang, Chiang received a military education in China and Japan and joined Sun Yat-sen's Tongmenghui revolutionary organization in After the Revolution, he was a founding member of the KMT, becoming one of Sun's closest lieutenants and head of the Whampoa Military Academy.