Tang Shaoyi

  • Tang Shaoyi
  • 唐紹儀
1st Premier of the Republic of China
In office
5 August – 19 September 1922
PresidentLi Yuanhong
Preceded byYan Huiqing
Succeeded byWang Chonghui
In office
13 March – 27 June 1912
PresidentYuan Shikai
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byLu Zhengxiang
Minister of Mail and Communications
In office
26 October – 1 November 1911
MonarchXuantong Emperor
Prime MinisterYikuang, Prince Qing (cabinet)
Preceded bySheng Xuanhuai
Succeeded byYang Shiqi (acting)
In office
17 August 1910 – 6 January 1911
(acting)
MonarchXuantong Emperor
Preceded byXu Shichang
Succeeded bySheng Xuanhuai
Chinese Consul-general in Korea
In office
1896 – 1897
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTang Zhaoxian (acting)
Personal details
Born(1862-01-02)2 January 1862
Xiangshan County, Guangdong, Great Qing
Died30 September 1938(1938-09-30) (aged 76)
Shanghai, China
Political partyUnity
Children3 daughters
Alma materQueen's College, Hong Kong
Columbia University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese唐紹儀
Simplified Chinese唐绍仪
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáng Shàoyí
Wade–GilesT'ang2 Shao4-i2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationTòhng Siuh Yìh
JyutpingTong4 Siu6 Ji4

Tang Shaoyi (Chinese: 唐紹儀; 2 January 1862 – 30 September 1938), also spelled Tong Shao Yi, courtesy name Shaochuan (少川), was a Chinese statesman who briefly served as the first Premier of the Republic of China in 1912. In 1938, he was assassinated by the staff of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics in Shanghai.