Wu Junsheng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wu Junsheng

Chinese politician

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1863

Place of Birth: Changtu County, Liaoning, China

Date of Death: 04-Jun-1928

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Wu Junsheng

  • Wu Junsheng, or Wu Tsi-cheng, ???, (1863–1928) General of the Fengtian clique and its cavalry commander. Wu Junsheng was born to a peasant family in Changtu, Fengtien province (today Liaoning), on November 23, 1863.
  • He joined a cavalry troop in 1880 and helped crush the Manchu independence plan (supported by the Japanese) in 1912.
  • He supported Yuan Shikai's monarchy in 1915 and Zhang Zuolin's effort to seize Manchuria.
  • He was rewarded with the military and civil governorship of Heilongjiang in March 1921 and promoted to commander of the 5th Army in 1924.
  • He held those posts until June 1928, when he was one of those killed when a Japanese officer set a bomb to blow up a railroad car carrying Zhang Zuolin, who was also killed.
  • He adopted his nephew Wu Tailai ??? as heir.

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