Chen Yi (Kuomintang), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chen Yi (Kuomintang)

Chinese politician, Kuomintang

Date of Birth: 03-May-1883

Place of Birth: Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1950

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Chen Yi (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Chén Yí; courtesy names Gongxia (??) and later Gongqia (??), sobriquet Tuisu (??); May 3, 1883 – June 18, 1950) was the chief executive and garrison commander of Taiwan Province after the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Republic of China.
He acted on behalf of the Allied Powers to accept the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Taipei Zhongshan Hall on October 25, 1945.
He is considered to have mismanaged the tension between the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese which resulted in the February 28 Incident in 1947, and was dismissed.
In June 1948 he was appointed Chairman of Zhejiang Province, but was dismissed and arrested when his plan to surrender to the Chinese Communist Party was discovered.
He was sentenced to death and executed in Taipei in 1950.