Sun Fo

孫科
Republic of China state institutions Nationalism China China 1891–1973 ○ Natural causes

Son of Sun Yat-sen and leader of the Kuomintang's liberal wing who headed the Legislative Yuan for sixteen years

Born in Xiangshan, Guangdong, in 1891, the son of Sun Yat-sen and his first wife Lu Muzhen, he was educated in Hawaii and the United States. He became the first mayor of Guangzhou in 1921, serving three terms, and in the Nationalist government was minister of communications, of finance and of railways. After Chiang Kai-shek resigned in December 1931 he was President of the Executive Yuan for a month. As President of the Legislative Yuan from 1932 to 1948 he led the framing of the 1947 constitution, argued for cooperation with the Communists against Japan, and in direct talks with Stalin in 1937–1939 secured Soviet arms. He became premier again in November 1948 but resigned the next March, and lived in Hong Kong, Europe and the United States. He returned to Taiwan in 1965 and headed the Examination Yuan from 1966 until his death.

Also known as: Sun Ke

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