Wei Daoming
Wei Daoming (1901-1978), born in Dehua county (now Jiujiang county), Jiangxi Province, was a politician and diplomat in the period of the Republic of China. In his early years, he studied in France and received a doctor of law degree from the University of Paris. He returned to China in 1926 and worked as a lawyer in Shanghai. In 1927, he served as secretary to the president of the Ministry of justice of the national government. In the winter of the same year, he served as deputy minister and acting Minister of the Ministry of justice and standing member of the Advisory Committee. In 1928, he was the Minister of justice administration. In 1930, he was mayor of Nanjing special city. In 1935, he was the general manager of current affairs news, mainland China Daily and big evening news. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he served as Secretary General of the Executive Yuan. He was ambassador to France in 1941. He was ambassador to the United States in 1942. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, he served as vice president of the Legislative Yuan of the national government. In 1947, he was the first chairman of the Taiwan provincial government. Later, he went to South America and the United States for investigation. He returned to Taiwan in 1954. He served as Taiwan ambassador to Japan in 1963. In 1966, he served as "Minister of foreign affairs". He died in Taipei on May 18, 1978.
Diplomatic career
At the end of 1941, Wei Daoming was appointed ambassador to France by the Secretary General of the Executive Yuan, and replaced Hu Shi as ambassador to the United States the next year. As ambassador to the United States, he devoted himself to improving China's international diplomatic status and striving for a favorable situation for China's Anti Japanese war. In 1943, as Chinese ambassador to the United States, Wei Daoming signed the new Sino US treaty with the United States, completing the abolition of the unequal treaties in China by the United States, and lifting the shackles and shackles of unequal treaties that China has been subject to for a hundred years. After the victory of China's Anti Japanese War, he became Vice President of the Legislative Yuan in 1946.
President of Taiwan
In 1947, the February 28 Incident broke out in Taiwan Province. Chen Yi, then the chief executive of Taiwan Province, was removed from office. On April 22 of the same year, Chen Yi was removed as the chief executive of Taiwan Province and reorganized into the Taiwan provincial government. Wei Daoming was the first president of Taiwan Province.
After coming to Taiwan, the Taiwan provincial government organized by Wei Daoming has four departments of civil affairs, finance, construction and education, and 13 provincial government members. Among the 13 provincial government members announced by Wei Daoming seven days after taking office, more than half of them are from Taiwan, including Taiwan's first doctor, Du Congming, Lin Xiantang and others, which eased the situation in Taiwan. On May 16, 1947, he presided over the first provincial government meeting of Taiwan. In the meeting, he said, "in the future, we will try our best to seek the happiness of Taiwan."
After taking office, he immediately lifted the martial law, ended the Qing Dynasty after 228, lifted traffic control, restored the situation in Taiwan, and speeded up the reorganization and reconstruction of Taiwan after the war, including the restoration of the Confucian Temple destroyed in the Second World War, and strengthening the links between Taiwan Chinese mainland and all other aspects of Taiwan.
In November 1947, Taiwan Province held the election of the first legislator and representative of the National Congress of the Republic of China. In 1948, Taiwan athletes formed the Taiwan provincial team and participated in the 6th National Games of the Republic of China in Shanghai.
Wei Daoming presided over the work of Taiwan Provincial Government for one year and seven months, and resigned at the end of 1948 to go to the United States. Because of the current situation in Chinese mainland, Jiang Jieshi, the great leader of Chen, took over the post in January 5, 1949.
In his later years
After Wei Daoming settled in the United States, in 1954, "Taiwan region of China" held the second leadership election. At that time, Kong Xiangxi intended to run for "vice president". Wei Daoming was entrusted to return to Taiwan from the United States to observe the market. However, he was strongly rejected by Jiang Jingguo and Chen Cheng, so Wei Daoming left Taiwan and returned to the United States.
Wei served as an adviser to the "Ministry of foreign affairs" in 1959 and an "ambassador" to Japan in 1964. Two years later, he returned to China to replace Shen Changhuan as "foreign minister". During his tenure as "minister", he went to the United Nations headquarters in New York every year to fight for the representation of "Taiwan region of China".
In 1971, he resigned as "foreign minister" and became a senior minister of the "Office of the leader of the Taiwan authorities". Soon after that, he emigrated to Brazil, where he died on May 18, 1978 at the age of 80.
Character family
The first wife, Zheng Yuxiu (1891-1959), was a political romantic woman in the period of the Republic of China. She participated in the assassination of Regent, Yuan Shikai and Liang Bi. In 1962, Wei Daoming continued to marry Rong Yiren's sister, Ms. Rong Jifu.
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