Liang Dunyan
Liang Dunyan | |||||||||||||||||||
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梁敦彦 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 July 1917 – 12 July 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Xuantong Emperor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Zhang Xun | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Transport | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office May 1914 – April 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||
| President | Yuan Shikai | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Zhu Qiqian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Cao Rulin | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Imperial Cabinet | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 May 1911 – 1 November 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Xuantong Emperor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Yikuang, Prince Qing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Position esetablished Himself (as Secretary of Foreign Affairs) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Position abolished | ||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs | |||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1908-1910 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Xuantong Emperor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Yuan Shikai | ||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Minister of Foreign Affairs) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1857 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 May 1924 (aged 66–67) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Yale University | ||||||||||||||||||
Awards | Order of the Double Dragon Order of the Sacred Treasure | ||||||||||||||||||
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Liang Dunyan (Chinese: 梁敦彦; Wade–Giles: Liang Tun-yen; 1857 - 1924) was a Qing dynasty diplomat and politician. A graduate of Yale University,[1] he served as the minister of foreign affairs in the first cabinet of China under Yikuang (Prince Qing) and later in the cabinet of Yuan Shikai. A monarchist, he supported the Manchu Restoration of July 1917 and was the foreign minister under Zhang Xun.
Bibliography
- 徐友春主編 (2007). 民国人物大辞典 増訂版|和書. 河北人民出版社. ISBN 978-7-202-03014-1.
- 劉寿林ほか編 (1995). 民国職官年表|和書. Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 7-101-01320-1.
References
- ↑ "LIANG-TUN-YEN LIKES AMERICAN SCHOOLING; A Yale Graduate Himself, the ex- Foreign Minister Brings His Boys to be Educated". The New York Times. 1910-12-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-04-08.