page_title: Chiang Kai-shek
section_title: Cult of personality
hierarchical_section_title: Chiang Kai-shek / Cult of personality
caption_attribution_description: English: Postal stamp of the Republic of China, commemorating the taking of office by Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石 on 10 October 1943. The stamp is a steel engraving depicting Chiang Kai-shek in front of the Flag of the Republic of China. The inscription reads 蔣主席就職紀念 from right to left in small Seal Script which translates to „commemoration of the inauguration of chairman Chiang“. The line below states the date of 中華民國32年10月10日, that is ROC&#160;10 October 32 or 10 October 1943. The denomination of the stamp is 貳圓, that is two Yuan. Issuer is 中華民國郵政, the Post of the Republic of China.
context_page_description: Chiang Kai-shek, also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and romanized via Mandarin as Chiang Chieh-shih and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese nationalist politician, revolutionary and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in Taiwan until his death.
  Born in Chekiang Province, Chiang was a member of the Kuomintang and a lieutenant of Sun Yat-sen in the revolution to overthrow the Beiyang government and reunify China. With Soviet and communist help, Chiang organized the military for Sun's Canton Nationalist Government and headed the Whampoa Military Academy. Commander in chief of the National Revolutionary Army, he led the Northern Expedition from 1926 to 1928, before defeating a coalition of warlords and nominally reunifying China under a new Nationalist government. Midway through the campaign, the KMT–CPC alliance broke down and Chiang purged the communists inside the party, triggering a civil war with the CPC, which he eventually lost in 1949.
context_section_description: Chiang's portrait hung over Tiananmen Square before Mao's portrait was set up in its place. People also put portraits of Chiang in their homes and in public on the streets.
  After his death, the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song was written in 1988 to commemorate Chiang Kai-shek.
  In Cihu, there are several statues of Chiang Kai-shek.
  Chiang was popular among many people and dressed in plain, simple clothes, unlike contemporary Chinese warlords who dressed extravagantly.
  Quotes from the Quran and Hadith were used by Muslims in the Kuomintang-controlled Muslim publication, the Yuehua, to justify Chiang Kai-shek's rule over China.
  When the Muslim General and Warlord Ma Lin was interviewed, Ma Lin was described as having "high admiration for and unwavering loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek".
  In the Philippines, a school was named in his honour in 1939. Today, Chiang Kai-shek College is the largest educational institution for the Chinoy community in the country.
caption: A Chinese stamp with Chiang Kai-shek
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