Du Xigui
Du Xigui (杜錫珪) (Wade-Giles Tu Hsi-Kuei) (1875-1933) was a Chinese admiral during the warlord era.
Born in Fuzhou, he graduated from Nanjing's naval college in 1902. In 1922, he was made chief of the navy and helped the Zhili clique defeat Zhang Zuolin. In the spring of 1923, Shanghai's fleet rebelled and Du took responsibility by resigning but was recalled in November. In 1924, he commanded the Yangtze fleet of Jiangsu and defeated the Anhui clique's Zhejiang fleet led by Lin Jianzhang. Several ships defected to his side giving him control of Shanghai's waters.
In 1926, he served concurrently as acting president, premier, and minister of the navy. The Nanjing based Nationalist government later employed him and sent him on an inspection tour of foreign navies.
| Preceded by Yan Huiqing |
President of the
Republic of China 1926 |
Succeeded by Gu Weijun |
| Presidents of the Republic of China (italic representing acting) | |
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| Provisional Government (1911-1912) Sun Yat-sen • Yuan Shikai Beiyang Government (1912-1928) Yuan Shikai • Li Yuanhong • Feng Guozhang • Xu Shichang • Zhou Ziqi • Li Yuanhong • Gao Lingwei • Cao Kun • Huang Fu • Hu Weide • Yan Huiqing • Du Xigui • Gu Weijun After 1947 Constitution Chiang Kai-shek • |
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