Wang Shizhen (Beiyang government) explained

Wang Shizhen
Native Name:王士珍
Term Start:30 November 1917
Term End:23 March 1918
President:Feng Guozhang
Predecessor:Wang Daxie
Successor:Qian Nengxun
Office1:Minister of War of the Republic of China
Term Start1:August 1915
Term End1:April 1916
Predecessor1:Duan Qirui
Successor1:Duan Qirui
Term Start2:June
Term End2:July 1917
Predecessor2:Wang Shizhen
Successor2:Lei Zhenchun
Term Start3:November
Term End3:December 1917
Predecessor3:Duan Qirui
Successor3:Duan Zhigui
Office4:Minister of General Staff
Term Start4:1 July
Term End4:12 July 1917
Monarch4:Xuantong Emperor
Primeminister4:Zhang Xun
Deputy4:Jiang Zuobin
Predecessor4:Position restored (Manchu Restoration)
Successor4:Position abolished
Office5:Minister of Army of the Great Qing
Term Start5:1911
Term End5:1912
Monarch5:Xuantong Emperor
Primeminister5:Yuan Shikai
Deputy5:Tian Wenlie
Predecessor5:Yinchang
Successor5:Position abolished (1911 Revolution)
Birth Date:1861
Birth Place:Zhengding, Hebei
Death Date:1 June 1930
Death Place:Beiping
Allegiance:
Republic of China

Wang Shizhen (; 1861–1930), courtesy name Pinqing (聘卿), was a Chinese general and politician of the Republic of China.

Biography

Wang was born in Zhengding, Zhili in 1861. He was the Minister of War in the Qing Dynasty under Yuan Shikai and in the Republic of China three times, 1915–1916 and twice in 1917. He was the Premier of China from 1917 to 1918.