Last premier of the Beiyang government, under Zhang Zuolin's Anguojun military government
Born in Jining, Shandong, in 1883, the son of a jinshi, he became a juren in the late Qing. During the Xinhai Revolution he was on the staff of the governor of Shanxi; in the early Republic he served the Jiangsu military governor Cheng Dequan and then headed Shandong's industry department under Zhou Ziqi. In 1919 he became vice-minister of finance and head of the salt administration under Jin Yunpeng and twice acted as finance minister. In 1925 he became chief counsellor to Zhang Zongchang in Shandong, and after the Fengtian clique took Beijing he was finance minister from October 1926 and communications minister from January 1927. When Zhang Zuolin set up the Anguojun government in June 1927 he became its premier, the last of the Beiyang government, until June 1928. He retired after the Northeast Flag Replacement and died in Beiping in 1936.
Also known as: P'an Fu
Activities and affiliations
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1919–1921
Beiyang government and warlordsVice-Minister of Finance and head of the Salt Administration
Government and administration -
1926–1928
Beiyang government and warlordsMinister of Finance; Minister of Communications
Government and administration -
1927–1928
Beiyang government and warlordsPremierHeads of state, government and party of ChinaMain
Political and party leadership
Career Timeline
- 1912Secretary in the office of the Jiangsu military governor
- 1913Head of industry of Shandong
- 1916.05Vice-president of the National Water Conservancy Bureau
- 1919–1921Vice-Minister of Finance and head of the Salt Administration
- 1920.07.24–08.11Acting Minister of Finance
- 1921.06.11–10.28Acting Minister of Finance
- 1925Chief counsellor to the military governor of Shandong
- 1926.10.01–1927.01.12Minister of Finance
- 1927.01.12–1928.06.03Minister of Communications
- 1927.06.20–1928.06.03Premier
- 1928.12.29Retired with the Northeast Flag Replacement