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Sun Qichang 孫其昌 | |
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 Sun Qichang | |
| Born | 1885 |
| Died | 1954 |
| Citizenship | Manchukuo |
| Alma mater | University of Tsukuba |
Sun Qichang (simplified Chinese:孙其昌;traditional Chinese:孫其昌;pinyin:Sūn Qíchāng;Hepburn:Son Kishō; 1885–1954), was a politician in the earlyRepublic of China who subsequently served as a cabinet minister in the Empire ofManchukuo.
A native ofLiaoyangLiaoning Province, Sun studied at the Tokyo University of Education in Tokyo, Japan. After his return to China, he served as principal to the Mukden Commercial Higher School inShenyang, and was subsequently secretary to the Provincial Army ofHeilongjiang. In July 1920, he was appointed chairman of the Education Board of Heilongjiang Province. From July 1921, he received an appointment from theBeiyang Government as a diplomat to negotiate with foreign powers inKirin Province. Following ManchurianwarlordZhang Xueliang’srapprochement with the central government in late 1928, Sun was appointed a member of the Kirin Provincial Assembly, and was promoted to become director of the Construction Ministry of the same province the following year.
Following theMukden Incident in 1931, Sun allied himself withXi Qia and his efforts to form a new government for Kirin Province independent of the Republic of China. This was effected from 30 September 1931 and he accepted a position in the Finance Ministry of Kirin Province as Director of the Spirits and Tobacco State Monopoly.
In April 1932, under the new State of Manchukuo, Sun continued to serve in the Finance Ministry, but in June 1933 was appointed governor of Heilongjiang Province. The following year, with the creation of the new province of Longjiang, he was transferred to become governor of that province. In January 1935, Sun was appointed to the cabinet-level post of Minister of Finance of the Empire of Manchukuo, which he held only to May 1935. From May 1935 to May 1940, he served as Minister of Civil Affairs. Afterwards he was appointed to thePrivy Council, but was relieved of his duties in September 1942 over disagreements with the government on economic policy.
Following theSoviet invasion of Manchuria, he went into hiding in Shenyang, and later inBeijing, but was discovered after the establishment of thePeople's Republic of China in February 1951. He was executed in Beijing in 1954.