Zeng Xianhao (; 23 October 1898 – 28 August 1969) was a Chinese-born politician better known by the

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Zeng Yangfu (). He was a native of

Pingyuan County, Guangdong Pingyuan County ( postal: Pingyun; , Hakka: Phin-yen) is a county in the northeast of Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Meizhou City. Geography Pingyuan County is located in the northeast of Guangdon ...

. Zeng served the Nationalist government as Mayor of Guangzhou from 1936 to 1938. He later led the Ministry of Transportation and Communications from 1942 to 1945. Upon graduation from

Peiyang University National Peiyang University (北洋大学堂), originally Imperial Tientsin University, was established in Tianjin in October 1895 by Sheng Xuanhuai, the official of the Tianjin Customs, with the approval of the Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty. ...

in 1923, Zeng enrolled at the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...

. Upon his return to China in 1925, Zeng was named to the

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Central Committee and a political operative of the

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. Zeng also served as deputy minister of the Agriculture and Mineral Resources. As director of the Zhejiang Provincial Infrastructure Department, Zeng oversaw several construction projects including the and the

Qiantang River Bridge The Qiantang River Bridge () is a road and railway bridge across the Qiantang River at Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, China. History The bridge was designed by Mao Yisheng and built by Dorman Long. Construction, which started on 8 August 1934 wa ...

. In 1935, Zeng became a member of several government committees on infrastructure. He assumed the mayoralty of Guangzhou between 1936 and 1938, before taking office as transportation and communications minister in 1942. After resigning the office in 1945 due to health reasons, Zeng was elected to the

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in 1948. The next year, he left China for Hong Kong, where he died in 1969.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zeng, Yangfu 1898 births 1969 deaths Republic of China politicians from Guangdong Transportation Ministers of the Republic of China Mayors of Guangzhou Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan Tianjin University alumni University of Pittsburgh alumni Hong Kong people of Hakka descent Politicians from Meizhou