death_date predecessor successor allegiance party office battles birth_date term premier image article_title name
15 may 1938 li yuanhong duan qirui yuanflag1.svg empire of china zhili clique president of the republic of china beijing -- anhui war first zhili -- fengtian war coup national protection war national protection war zhili 12 december 1862 10 october 1923 -- 30 october 1924 gao lingwei sun baoqi ku wei-chün cao kun.jpg cao kun
 cao kun
cao kun

cao kun -lrb- courtesy name : zhongshan -lrb- 仲珊 -rrb- -rrb- -lrb- december 12 , 1862 -- may 15 , 1938 -rrb- was a president of republic china and military leader of the zhili clique in the beiyang army , he also served as trustee of the catholic university of peking .
