Wu Tiecheng ( zh, t=吳鐵城, p=Wú Tiěchéng, w=Wu Tieh-cheng; 1893–1953) was a politician in the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. He served as Mayor of Shanghai, Governor of

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

province, and was the Vice Premier and Foreign Minister in 1948–1949. After communists were purged from the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

in the Canton Coup in 1926, Chiang negotiated a compromise whereby hardline members of the rightist faction, such as Wu Tiecheng, were removed from their posts in compensation for the purged leftists in order to prove his usefulness to the CPC and their Soviet sponsor,

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

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* * Political office-holders in the Republic of China Vice premiers of the Republic of China on Taiwan 1893 births 1953 deaths Mayors of Shanghai Governors of Guangdong Chinese police officers Taiwanese people from Jiangxi Politicians from Jiujiang Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan {{PRChina-mayor-stub

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