Soong Mei-ling

Soong Mei-ling

Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Chinese: 蔣介石夫人) or Madame Chiang (Chinese: 蔣夫人), was a Chinese political figure who was First Lady of the Republic of China, the wife of President Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China. Soong played a prominent role in the politics of the Republic of China and was the sister-in-law of Sun Yat-sen, the founder and the leader of the Republic of China. She was active in the civic life of her country and held many honorary and active positions, including chairwoman of Fu Jen Catholic University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Soong Mei-ling has received more than 1,486,719 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Soong Mei-ling is the 1,632nd most popular politician (down from 1,606th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from China (down from 113th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Chinese Politician.

Soong Mei-ling was the wife of Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975. She served as the Vice President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1976.