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Li Zongren | |||||||||||||||
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李宗仁 | |||||||||||||||
 Li Zongren in 1943 | |||||||||||||||
| Acting President of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||||
| Acting 21 January 1949 – 20 November 1949 | |||||||||||||||
| Premier | He Yingqin Yan Xishan | ||||||||||||||
| Vice President | Himself | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chiang Kai-shek | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mao Zedong (as Chairman of the Central People's Government) Yan Xishan (acting) Chiang Kai-shek | ||||||||||||||
| 1st Vice President of the Republic of China | |||||||||||||||
| In office 20 May 1948 – 12 March 1954 | |||||||||||||||
| President | Chiang Kai-shek Himself (acting) | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position established (Feng Guozhang in 1917) | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Chen Cheng | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 August 1890 Guilin, Guangxi, Qing Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 January 1969 (aged 78) Beijing, People’s Republic of China | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Kuomintang | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Li Xiuwen Guo Dejie (m.1924–1966) Hu Yousong (m.1966–1969) | ||||||||||||||
| Awards | Order of Blue Sky and White Sun Order of the Cloud and Banner | ||||||||||||||
| Military service | |||||||||||||||
| Allegiance |  Republic of China | ||||||||||||||
| Branch/service |  National Revolutionary Army | ||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1916–1954 | ||||||||||||||
| Rank |  General | ||||||||||||||
| Battles/wars | Chinese Civil War Second Sino-Japanese War | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 李宗仁 | ||||||||||||||
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| Courtesy name | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李德鄰 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李德邻 | ||||||||||||||
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Li Zongren (Chinese: 李宗仁; 13 August 1890 – 30 January 1969; also known as Li Tsung-jen), courtesy name Telin (Te-lin; 德鄰), was a prominent Chinese warlord based in Guangxi and Kuomintang (KMT) military commander during the Northern Expedition, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. He served as vice-president and acting president of the Republic of China under the 1947 Constitution.