Wuhan Nationalist government
1927 political split between leftist KMT government in Wuhan and KMT rightist government in Nanjing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Wuhan Nationalist government (Chinese: 武漢國民政府), also known as the Wuhan government,[3] Wuhan regime,[4] or Hankow government,[5] was a government dominated by the left-wing of the Nationalist or Kuomintang (KMT) Party of China that was based in Wuhan from 5 December 1926 to 21 September 1927, led first by Eugene Chen, and later by Wang Jingwei.
Wuhan Nationalist government 武漢國民政府 Wǔhàn guómín zhèngfǔ | |||||||||||
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5 December 1926 (1926-12-05)–21 September 1927 (1927-09-21) | |||||||||||
Capital | Wuhan | ||||||||||
Chairman | |||||||||||
• 1927 | Wang Jingwei | ||||||||||
Historical era | Warlord era | ||||||||||
• Established | 5 December 1926 (1926-12-05) | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 21 September 1927 (1927-09-21) | ||||||||||
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Following the capture of Wuhan during the Northern Expedition, the Nationalist government based in Guangzhou moved there in December 1926. In April 1927, after National Revolutionary Army (NRA) commander-in-chief Chiang Kai-shek purged communists and leftists in the "Shanghai massacre", the Wuhan government split from Chiang in what is known as the "Nanjing–Wuhan split" (Chinese: 寧漢分裂). Chiang subsequently formed his own government in Nanjing. While Chiang continued the Northern Expedition on his own, increasing tensions between communists and the KMT in the Wuhan government resulted in a new purge of communists from that government, and an eventual reconciliation with the Nanjing faction, after which the government moved to Nanjing.