# Sun Yat-sen

| Sun Yat-Sen |
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| 孫文 / 孫中山 / 孫日新 / 孫逸仙 *other names* |
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| Proveesional Preses o the Republic o Cheenae |
| **In office** 1 Januar 1912 – 10 Mairch 1912 |
| Vice Preses | Li Yuanhong |
| Precedit bi | Puyi (Emperor o Cheenae) |
| Succeedit bi | Yuan Shikai |
| Premier o the Kuomintang o Cheenae |
| **In office** 10 October 1919 – 12 Mairch 1925 |
| Precedit bi | Himsel (as Premier o Cheenese Revolutionary Pairty) |
| Succeedit bi | Zhang Renjie (as chairman) |
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| Personal details |
| Born | 12 November 1866(1866-11-12) Xiangshan Coonty, Guangdong, Qing Empire |
| Dee'd | 12 Mairch 1925(1925-03-12) (aged 58) Beijing, Cheenae |
| Restin place | Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Nanjing, Jiangsu |
| Naitionality | Cheenese American (1904–1909) |
| Poleetical pairty | Kuomintang |
| Ither poleetical affiliations | Cheenese Revolutionary Pairty |
| Spoose(s) | Lu Muzhen (1885–1915) Kaoru Otsuki (1903–1906) Soong Ching-ling (1915–1925) |
| Domestic partner | Chen Cui-fen (1892-1925) |
| Bairns | Sun Fo Sun Yan Sun Wan Fumiko Miyagawa (b. 1906) |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong College o Medicine for Cheenese |
| Thrift | Pheesician Politeecian Revolutionary Writer |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
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**Sun Yat-sen** (/ˈsʊn ˈjɑːtˈsɛn/; 12 November 1866 – 12 Mairch 1925) wis the foondin faither o the Republic o Cheenae. The first proveesional preses o the Republic o Cheenae, Sun wis a Cheenese physeecian, writer, filosofer, Georgist, calligrafer an revolutionary. As the foremaist pioneer an first leader o a Republican Cheenae, Sun is referred tae as the "Faither o the Naition" in the Republic o Cheenae (ROC) an the "forerunner o democratic revolution" in the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (PRC). Sun played an instrumental role in the owerthraw o the Qing dynasty (the last imperial dynasty o Cheenae) in the years leadin up tae the Xinhai Revolution. He wis appyntit tae serve as Proveesional Preses o the Republic o Cheenae whan it wos foondit in 1912. He later co-foondit the Kuomintang (Naitionalist Pairty o Cheenae), servin as its first leader. Sun wis a unitin feegur in post-Imperial Cheenae, an he remeens unique amang 20t-century Cheenese politeecians for bein widely revered amangst the fowk frae baith sides o the Taiwan Strait.

Awtho Sun is conseedert tae be ane o the greatest leaders o modren Cheenae, his poleetical life wis ane o constant struggle an frequent exile. Efter the success o the revolution an the Han Cheenese regainin pouer efter 268 years o leevin unner Manchurian rule (Qing dynasty), he quickly resigned frae his post as Preses o the newly foondit Republic o Cheenae tae Yuan Shikai, an led successive revolutionary govrenments as a challenge tae the warlairds that controlled muckle o the naition. Sun did nae leeve tae see his pairty consolidate its pouer ower the kintra in the Northren Expedeetion. His pairty, that formed a fragile alliance wi the Cheenese Communist Pairty, split intae twa factions efter his daith.

Sun's chief legacy resides in his developin o the poleetical filosofie kent as the Three Principles o the Fowk: naitionalism (Han Cheenese naitionalism: unthirldom frae imperialist domination – takkin back pouer frae the Manchurian Qing dynasty), “richts o the fowk,” whiles translatit as “democracy,” an the fowk's liveliheid (juist society).