Chen Yi | |
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陳儀 | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Chen_Yi.jpg) Chen Yi as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries | |
| Governor of Zhejiang | |
| In office 22 June 1948 – 21 February 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Shen Honglie |
| Succeeded by | Zhou Yan |
| Chief Executive of Taiwan Province | |
| In office 29 August 1945 – 24 April 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Rikichi Andō (as Governor-General of Taiwan) |
| Succeeded by | Wei Tao-ming (as Chairperson of Taiwan Provincial Government) |
| Governor of Fujian | |
| In office 12 January 1934 – 28 August 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Jiang Guangnai |
| Succeeded by | Liu Jianxu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1883 Shaoxing, Zhejiang, Qing Empire |
| Died | 18 June 1950 (aged 67) Machangding, Hsintien, Taipei County, Taiwan |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Resting place | Wugu, New Taipei |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Alma mater | Qiushi Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Republic of China |
| Years of service | 1902-1949 |
| Rank | &sq=&lang=&file=File:17%E9%99%86%E5%86%9B%E4%B8%80%E7%BA%A7%E4%B8%8A%E5%B0%86.png){kind=small} General |
| Commands | 19th Route Army |
| Battles/wars | Xinhai Revolution Northern Expedition Chinese Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War |
Chen Yi (Chinese: 陳儀; pinyin: Chén Yí; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June 18, 1950) was a Chinese military officer and politician who served as the chief executive and garrison commander of Taiwan Province after the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Republic of China. He acted on behalf of the Allied Powers to accept the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Taipei Zhongshan Hall on October 25, 1945. He is considered to have mismanaged the tension between the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese which resulted in the February 28 Incident in 1947, resulting in the deaths of 18,000 to 28,000 people, and was dismissed. In June 1948, he was appointed Chairman of Zhejiang Province, but was dismissed and arrested when his plan to surrender to the Chinese Communist Party was discovered. He was sentenced to death and executed by shooting in Taipei in 1950.