Gao Guanwu

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gao.
Gao Guanwu
Native name 高冠吾
Born 1892
Chongming County, Jiangsu China
Died 1957
Shandong, China
Nationality Chinese

Gao Guanwu (Chinese: 高冠吾; pinyin: Gāo Guānwú; Wade–Giles: Kao Kuan-wu;Hepburn: Ko Kango); (1892[1] — 1957) was a politician and military leader in the pre-war Republic of China. He was an important politician in both the Reformed Government of the Republic of China and the Reorganized National Government of China. His former name was Yu ().

Biography

Gao Guanwu was born in Chongming County, Jiangsu Province. After graduating from the Baoding Military Academy, he became a journalist with the newspaper Minquanbao (民權報). Later he returned to military service, and successively held the offices of Chief of Staff of the Guangzhou River Guard Headquarters, Manager of the Aviation Bureau of Guangdong, Chief of Staff of the Military Governor of Guizhou and other posts. Furthermore, he was appointed Vice-Commander of the 10th Army of the National Revolutionary Army commanded by Wang Tianpei (王天培). During the Northern Expedition Gao Guanwu served as the commander of the National Revolutionary Army garrison in Xuzhou.

In March 1938 he was recruited to join the collaborationist Reformed Government of the Republic of China. He successively held the offices of Vice-Minister for Security and Chief of Nanjing City Office. When later Nanjing City was transformed into Nanjing Special City, he was appointed Mayor.

After the creation of the Reorganized National Government of China headed by Wang Jingwei, Gao Guanwu continued as Mayor of Nanjing Special City. He was also appointed a member of the Central Political Committee, on which he served four terms. In June 1940 he became the chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Government. In January 1943 he became Governor of Anhui Province. At the end of 1943 he was appointed Governor of Jiangxi Province.

After the surrender of Japan and the collapse of the Reorganized National Government of China, Gao Guanwu went into hiding to avoid arrest. His whereabouts during this period are mostly unknown, but he is known to have died in Shandong Province in 1957.[2]

References

  1. By the Biographies of Most Recent Chinese Important People, p.57. Xu Youchun (main. ed.), p.1296 wrote his birth year was "1905". But the former matched in his career.
  2. Xu, op.cit.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ren Yuandao
Mayor of Nanjing Reformed Government of the Republic of China and Nanjing Nationalist Government
1938 — 1940
Succeeded by
Cai Pei
Preceded by
Chen Zemin
Chairman of the Jiangsu provincial government (Nanjing Nationalist Government)
1940 — 1943
Succeeded by
Li Shiqun
Preceded by
Ni Daolang
Governor of Anhui (Nanjing Nationalist Government)
January 1943 — December 1943
Succeeded by
Luo Junqiang
Preceded by
Deng Zuyu
Governor of Jiangxi (Nanjing Nationalist Government)
1943 — 1945
Succeeded by
Huang Ziqiang
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