1st Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China
In office 23 May 1946 – 2 June 1948
Preceded by
Chen Cheng as Minister of War
Succeeded by
He Yingqin
Personal details
Born
(1893-03-18)18 March 1893 Guilin, Guangxi, Qing Empire
Died
2 December 1966(1966-12-02) (aged 73) Taipei, Taiwan
Political party
Kuomintang
Spouse
Ma P'ei-chang
Children
10, including Kenneth
Alma mater
Guangxi Military Cadre Training School Baoding Military Academy
Awards
Order of Blue Sky and White Sun Legion of Merit
Nickname(s)
The Wise Man, Little Zhuge
Military service
Allegiance
Qing Empire Republic of China
Branch/service
New Army National Revolutionary Army
Years of service
1907–1949
Rank
General
Unit
New Guangxi Clique
Commands
Minister Of National Defense, Central China Pacification Director
Battles/wars
Northern Expedition
Shanghai Massacre
Central Plains War
Second Sino-Japanese War
Battle of Xuzhou
Battle of Taierzhuang
Battle of Wuhan
1st Battle of Changsha
2nd Battle of Changsha
3rd Battle of Changsha
Battle of South Guangxi
Battle of Kunlun Pass
Battle of Henan-Hunan-Guangxi
Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou
Chinese Civil War
Campaign to Defend Siping
Bai Chongxi (18 March 1893 – 2 December 1966; Chinese: 白崇禧; pinyin: Bái Chóngxī; Wade–Giles: Pai Ch'ung-hsi, IPA:[pɑ́ɪ̯t͡ʂʰʊ́ŋɕǐ], Xiao'erjing: ﺑَﻰْ ﭼْﻮ ثِ) was a Chinese general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China (ROC) and a prominent Chinese Nationalist leader.[1] He was of Hui ethnicity and of the Muslim faith. From the mid-1920s to 1949, Bai and his close ally Li Zongren ruled Guangxi province as regional warlords with their own troops and considerable political autonomy. His relationship with Chiang Kai-shek was at various times antagonistic and cooperative. He and Li Zongren supported the anti-Chiang warlord alliance in the Central Plains War in 1930, then supported Chiang in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War. Bai was the first defense minister of the Republic of China from 1946 to 1948. After losing to the Communists in 1949, he fled to Taiwan, where he died in 1966.
^Listed General[permanent dead link], City of Sydney Library, accessed July 2009
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