Ju Zheng (; November 8, 1876 – November 23, 1951) né Ju Zhijun (居之骏), was a Chinese politician who was a leader in the

Chinese Nationalist Party The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the sole ruling party of the country during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until its relocation to Taiwan, and in Taiwan ruled under ...

, or KMT, in the 1930s and 1940s. As president of the

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, he administered China's court system from 1932 to 1948. He ran in the presidential election of 1948 as the token opponent of Chiang Kai-shek. He was also known by his

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Juesheng (Chueh-sheng, 覺生 / 觉生).

Life and career

Ju was born in Guangji, Huangzhou in Hubei Province (modern Wuxue city) on November 8, 1876. He joined the

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, a revolutionary party founded by

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, while studying law at

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in 1907. Later, he worked for Chinese-language newspapers in Rangoon and Singapore. He returned to China to work for an anti-Qing revolutionary faction in Hubei. In 1912, he was briefly vice minister of the interior in the Provisional Government in Nanjing with Sun as president. He was commander of the Woosung Forts north of Shanghai during the Second Revolution in July 1913. In 1916, he led an uprising against

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in Shandong and briefly captured the city of Weixian. In 1921, Sun appointed him interior minister for the Nationalist administration in Guangzhou. Ju was a founding member of the Western Hills Group, formed after Sun died in 1925. This group opposed communist influence in the KMT. Ju was appointed president of the Judicial Yuan by Chiang in 1932. This was one of the five branches of government in the KMT system. In the presidential election of April 20, 1948, Ju was persuaded to oppose Chiang's candidacy and received 10 percent of the vote in the National Assembly, with Chiang elected overwhelmingly. After he resigned as president of the Judicial Yuan on July 1, 1948, Ju was appointed to the

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, an auditing board. When the KMT was defeated by the Chinese Communists in 1949, Ju fled to Taiwan.

Tamkang College of English

Ju co-founded Tamkang College of English, now

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, in Taipei in 1950Wang, Jun
總統先生的同學會:36個台灣艾森豪的故事
(36 famous alumni) as the first Director of the Board when , his son-in-law and ex-president of Tamkang Middle School consulted him to establish a higher education facility in Taiwan. He died on November 23, 1951. Ju Haoran, his son, succeeded him as president of Tamkang. November 8, Ju's birthday, is marked annually as the school's founding day. The school's Chueh Sheng Memorial Library is named in his honor.Tamkang University Chueh Sheng Memorial Library
Chronology.

References

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