Fang Chih

Fang Chih or Fang Zhi (Chinese: 方治; 23 November 1895 – 28 March 1989), courtesy name: Xikong (希孔), was a politician, provincial governor, diplomat, author and a high-ranking Kuomintang official of the Republic of China.

Fang Chih
方治
The memorial to Fang Chih at Okinawa.
KMT Chairman of Fujian Province
In office
1927–1929
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
GovernorSa Chen-Ping
Yang Shu-chuang
KMT Chairman of Anhwei Province
In office
1927–1929
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
GovernorCh'en Tiao-yuan
Han Kuo-chun
KMT Chairman of Qingdao Municipality
In office
1927–1929
Serving with Ma Fuxiang (Mayor)
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
Succeeded byChen Tiao-yuan
Acting Minister of Information of the Republic of China
In office
1930–1937
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
Commissioner of Education for Anhwei Province and Hupeh Province
In office
1938–1939
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
GovernorLiao Lei (Anhwei)
Chairman of the Transitional National Government Committee of the Ministry of Education
In office
1940–1940
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
KMT Chairman of Chungking Municipality
In office
1941–1946
Serving with Zhang Dulun (Mayor)
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
KMT Chairman of Shanghai Municipality
In office
1946  25 May 1949
Serving with K. C. Wu (Mayor)
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
Preceded byWu Shao-hsu
Succeeded byCity taken by communists Chen Yi
Secretary General & Acting Governor of Fujian Province
and KMT Chairman of Fujian
In office
May 1949  23 November 1949 (From Kinmen after 17 August 1949)
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
GovernorZhu Shaoliang
Hu Lien
Preceded byZhu Shaoliang
Succeeded byHuang Jintao
Secretary General & Chairman of the Free China Relief Association
In office
1949–1972
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
Preceded byOrganization Founded
Succeeded byKu Cheng-kang
President of the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association
In office
1958–1988
Preceded byOrganization Founded
Succeeded byDavid Chang Hsi-cheh
Founder and Trustee of the Sino-Laotian Economic and Cultural Association
In office
27 August 1959  1988
Preceded byOrganization Founded
Personal details
Born(1895-11-23)23 November 1895
Tongcheng, Zongyang County, Anhwei Province, Qing Empire
Died28 March 1989(1989-03-28) (aged 93)
Taipei, Taiwan Province, Republic of China
Resting placeOnna Village, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
26°26′47″N 127°48′19″E
CitizenshipRepublic of China
NationalityChinese
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materTokyo Higher Normal School
Tokyo Imperial University
Military service
Allegiance Republic of China
Branch/service National Revolutionary Army
RankSecretary General
Chief Executive
Unit Beijing-Hangzhou Garrison Corps, General Headquarters
Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Corps, General Headquarters
Battles/warsWorld War II
Chinese Civil War: Fall of Shanghai, Guningtou
Korean War
Burma Campaign
Fang Chih
Chinese name
Chinese方治
Japanese name
Kanji方治
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