death_date nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize term_start image name occupation vicepresident native_name_lang predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion native_name article_title
november 2 , 1936 -lrb- age 71 -rrb- chinese march 6 , 1865 april 22 , 1917 october 10 , 1918 1915 20 , 1926 may 23 , 1917 november baoding military academy shanghai , republic of china 100px november 14 , 1917 march 23 , 1918 1912 24 , 1924 june 26 , 1916 july tuan chi-jui . jpg duan qirui military officer '' vacant '' zh huang qian nengxun position created fu -lrb- acting -rrb- xu shichang li jingxi hefei , anhui , qing dynasty li yuanhong feng guozhang feng guozhang anhui clique chief -rrb- premier of the republic of china minister of war executive of the republic of china of republic of china -lrb- acting president hu qian nengxun zhou ziqi weide -lrb- acting -rrb- wu tingfang wang daxie buddhism 段祺瑞 duan qirui

duan qirui

duan qirui -lrb- ; -rrb- -lrb- 6 march 1865 -- november 2 , 1936 -rrb- was a chinese warlord and politician , commander in the beiyang army , and the provisional chief executive of republic of china -lrb- in beijing -rrb- from 1924 to 1926 and the premier from 1916 to 1918 .
he was arguably the most powerful man in china from 1916 to 1920 .
