Liang Dunyan | |
Native Name: | 梁敦彦 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Office: | Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start: | 1 July 1917 |
Term End: | 12 July 1917 |
Primeminister: | Zhang Xun |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Position abolished |
Office2: | Minister of Transport |
President2: | Yuan Shikai |
Term Start2: | May 1914 |
Term End2: | April 1916 |
Predecessor2: | Zhu Qiqian |
Successor2: | Cao Rulin |
Order3: | 1st |
Office3: | Prince Qing's CabinetMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Imperial Cabinet |
Monarch3: | Xuantong Emperor |
Primeminister3: | Yikuang, Prince Qing |
Term3: | 8 May 1911 – 1 November 1911 |
Predecessor3: | Position esetablished Himself (as Secretary of Foreign Affairs) |
Successor3: | Position abolished |
Monarch4: | Xuantong Emperor |
Office4: | Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
Term4: | 1908-1910 |
Predecessor4: | Yuan Shikai |
Successor4: | Himself (as Minister of Foreign Affairs) |
Birth Date: | 1857 |
Birth Place: | Foshan, Guangdong, Qing Empire |
Death Date: | 10 May 1924 |
Death Place: | Tianjin, Republic of China |
Children: | 3 |
Alma Mater: | Yale University |
Awards: | Order of the Double Dragon Order of the Sacred Treasure |
Liang Dunyan (; 1857, Foshan, Guangdong, Qing Empire – May 10, 1924, Tianjin, Republic of China) was a Qing dynasty diplomat and politician. A graduate of Yale University,[1] he served as the minister of foreign affairs in the first cabinet of China under Yikuang (Prince Qing) and later in the cabinet of Yuan Shikai. A monarchist, he supported the Manchu Restoration of July 1917 and was the foreign minister under Zhang Xun.