Chen Mingshu

Chen Mingshu (simplified Chinese: 陈铭枢; traditional Chinese: 陳銘樞; 15 October 1889 – 15 May 1965) was a Chinese general and politician. A Hakka from Hepu, Guangxi, he graduated from Baoding Military Academy and participated in the Northern Expedition. He was briefly premier after Chiang Kai-shek stepped down in December 1931. He took part in the Battle of Shanghai (1932), defending the city against the Japanese Empire.

Chen Mingshu
陳銘樞
Chen Mingshu as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Important Chinese People
Premier of the Republic of China Acting
In office 15 December 1931 – 1 January 1932
Preceded by	Chiang Kai-shek
Succeeded by	Sun Fo
Vice Premier of the Republic of China
In office 16 December 1931 – 29 January 1932
Preceded by	T. V. Soong
Succeeded by	T. V. Soong
Personal details
Born	4 December 1899 Kwangtung, Qing Dynasty
Died	1965 Beijing, China
Nationality	Republic of China

He was a member of Social Democratic Party of China.

He was one of the principal leaders of the Fujian Rebellion and the Productive People's Party (General Secretary), the failure of which forced him into exile in Hong Kong. In 1948, he joined the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang's central standing committee. After the People's Republic of China was founded, he sat on the standing committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress. During the Anti-Rightist Movement, he was determined to be a "rightist", and was forced out of politics.