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Lei Zhenchun

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Lei Zhenchun (Chinese: 雷震春; pinyin: Léi Zhènchūn; 1864 – 1919; also Lei Chen-ch'un) was a military leader in the Republic of China. During the second revolution in 1913, General Lei raised a new 7th Division, which was sent to Yangzi and then to Shandong.[1] In mid-1917, he set up a provisional government In Tianjin.[2]

Preceded by Minister of War of the Republic of China
July 1917
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ Fung, Edmund S. K. (1980). The Military Dimension of the Chinese Revolution: The New Army and its Role in the Revolution of 1911. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-7748-0129-8.
  2. ^ Scalapino, Robert A. (1985). Modern China and its Revolutionary Process: Recurring Challenges to the Traditional Order, 1850–1920. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 437. ISBN 0-520-05030-4.