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Duan Qirui

1865 - 1936

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Duan Qirui (Chinese: 段祺瑞; pinyin: Duàn Qíruì; Wade–Giles: Tuan Ch'i-jui, pronounced [twân tɕʰǐ.ɻwêɪ]) (March 6, 1865 – November 2, 1936) was a Chinese warlord, politician and commander of the Beiyang Army who ruled as the effective dictator of northern China in the late 1910s. He was the Premier of the Republic of China on four occasions between 1913 and 1918, and from 1924 to 1926 he served as acting Chief Executive of the Republic of China in Beijing. A graduate of the Tianjin Military Academy, Duan studied military science in Germany and became a prominent artillery commander under Yuan Shikai. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Duan Qirui has received more than 300,290 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Duan Qirui is the 4,462nd most popular politician (down from 4,065th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from China (down from 315th in 2019) and the 211th most popular Chinese Politician.

Duan Qirui was most famous for being the first president of the Republic of China, and for his role in the Northern Expedition.

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  • 300k

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  • 59.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Duan Qirui ranks 4,462 out of 15,577. Before him are Ashot I of Armenia, Essad Pasha Toptani, Emperor Ingyō, Liudolf, Duke of Saxony, Baruch ben Neriah, and Micipsa. After him are Jazzar Pasha, Étienne Marcel, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, François Fillon, Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut, and George Papandreou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Duan Qirui ranks 40. Before him are Gérard Encausse, Frederick Cook, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Rüdiger von der Goltz, Charles G. Dawes, and Ernst Troeltsch. After him are Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Princess Marie of Orléans, Edith Cavell, Lala Lajpat Rai, Yvette Guilbert, and Wilbur Scoville. Among people deceased in 1936, Duan Qirui ranks 50. Before him are Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Heinrich Rickert, Wilhelm Gustloff, José Sanjurjo, Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime, and Bertha Pappenheim. After him are Marcel Grossmann, Max Schreck, Kikunae Ikeda, Basil Zaharoff, Carl Stumpf, and Mikhail Tomsky.

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In China

Among people born in China, Duan Qirui ranks 334 out of 1,392. Before him are Duke Huan of Qi (-800), Bao Xishun (1951), Jia Xu (147), Yelü Chucai (1189), Lu Ban (-507), and Terence Young (1915). After him are Shi Nai'an (1296), Yu Jin (200), Gongsun Zan (null), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), Su Song (1020), and Zeng Guofan (1811).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Duan Qirui ranks 211. Before him are Taishi Ci (166), Zhao Tuo (-230), Trisong Detsen (742), Duke Huan of Qi (-800), Jia Xu (147), and Yelü Chucai (1189). After him are Zeng Guofan (1811), Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (867), Mao Anying (1922), Emperor Muzong of Tang (795), Emperor Shun of Han (115), and Fuchai (-550).

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