Wang Chonghui

Wang Chonghui
Foreign Minister of the Republic of China
In office
4 March 1937 – 10 April 1941
PremierChiang Kai-shek
H. H. Kung
Preceded byZhang Qun
Succeeded byQuo Tai-chi
Premier of the Republic of China
In office
5 August 1922 – 29 November 1922
PresidentLi Yuanhong
Preceded byYan Huiqing
Succeeded byWang Daxie (acting)
Personal details
Born10 October 1881
British Hong Kong
Died15 March 1958(1958-03-15) (aged 76)
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
ChildrenWang Da-hong (son)
Alma materPeiyang University
University of California, Berkeley
Yale University (DCL)
Wang Chonghui
Traditional Chinese王寵惠
Simplified Chinese王宠惠
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWáng Chǒnghuì
Wade–GilesWang² Ch'ung³-hui⁴

Wang Chonghui (Chinese: 王寵惠; pinyin: Wáng Chǒnghuì; Wade–Giles: Wang Ch'ung-hui; 10 October 1881 – 15 March 1958) was a prominent Chinese jurist, diplomat and politician who served the Republic of China from its foundation in 1912 until his death in 1958. He was a close associate of the republic's founding father, Sun Yat-sen, an active member of the Kuomintang ("Chinese Nationalist Party"), and a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice in the Hague.