Ju Zheng Chu Chueh-sheng | |||||||||
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居正 | |||||||||
President of the Judicial Yuan | |||||||||
In office March 1932 – 1 July 1948 | |||||||||
President | Lin Sen Chiang Kai-shek | ||||||||
Preceded by | Wu Chaoshu | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Wang Ch'ung-hui | ||||||||
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Born | Huangzhou, Hubei, Qing dynasty | November 8, 1876||||||||
Died | November 23, 1951 Taipei, Taiwan | (aged 75)||||||||
Nationality | Republic of China | ||||||||
Political party | Kuomintang | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Chinese | 居正 | ||||||||
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Ju Zheng (Wade–Giles: Chü1 Cheng4; November 8, 1876 – November 23, 1951) né Ju Zhijun (居之骏), was a Chinese politician who was a leader in the Chinese Nationalist Party, or KMT, in the 1930s and 1940s. As president of the Judicial Yuan, he administered China's court system from 1932 to 1948.[1] He ran in the presidential election of 1948 as the token opponent of Chiang Kai-shek. He was also known by his courtesy name Juesheng (Chueh-sheng, 覺生 / 觉生).