Zhang Jian | |||||||||
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張謇 | |||||||||
Minister of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce | |||||||||
In office December 1913 – April 1915 | |||||||||
Premier | Xiong Xiling | ||||||||
Preceded by | position created | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Zhou Ziqi | ||||||||
Minister of Agriculture | |||||||||
In office September – December 1913 | |||||||||
Premier | Xiong Xiling | ||||||||
Preceded by | Luo Zhenfang | ||||||||
Succeeded by | position abolished | ||||||||
Minister of Industry and Commerce | |||||||||
In office September – December 1913 | |||||||||
Premier | Xiong Xiling | ||||||||
Preceded by | Xiang Ruikun | ||||||||
Succeeded by | position abolished | ||||||||
Minister of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce of the Qing Dynasty | |||||||||
In office 1 July 1911 – 12 July 1912 | |||||||||
Monarch | Xuantong Emperor | ||||||||
Prime Minister | Yuan Shikai | ||||||||
Preceded by | Pulun | ||||||||
Succeeded by | vacant (next: Li Shengduo) | ||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||
Born | Haimen, Jiangsu, Qing Empire | 1 July 1853||||||||
Died | 24 August 1926 Nantong, Jiangsu, Republic of China | (aged 73)||||||||
Nationality | Qing Empire Republic of China | ||||||||
Political party | Progressive Party | ||||||||
Education | zhuangyuan in the Imperial examination | ||||||||
Occupation | entrepreneur, politician and educator | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 張謇 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张謇 | ||||||||
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Zhang Jian (Chinese: 張謇; 1 July 1853– 24 August 1926), courtesy name Jizhi (季直), art name Se'an (啬庵), was a Chinese entrepreneur, politician and educator.[1] He is known as a "new gentry" and official-entrepreneur.