Zhu Shen (; 1879 – July 2, 1943) was a politician and public prosecutor in the

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. He was an important politician during the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the

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. His

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was Boyuan (). He was born in

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Biography

Zhu Shen went to Japan and studied law in

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where he graduated with the degree of L. L. B. Later he returned to China, in August 1912 he was appointed Acting Chief Procurator of the Local Procuratorate in Peking. In November 1913, he was appointed Chief Procurator the Metropolitan High Procuratorate. In November 1915, he promoted to be chief of the Chief Procuratorate. In March 1918, Zhu Shen was appointed Minister for Justice of the

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Cabinet. In next June he was concurrently appointed Minister for Interior upon the resignation of

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() from the Ministry and the Premiership. In December he was relieved of the concurrent post. He was a strong supporter of the

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. In July 1920, Anhui Clique was beaten by

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in the

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, Zhu Shen was also placed on the wanted-list, so he escaped to

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. He was pardoned in December 1923. In 1925 he was appointed Manager of the Capital under the Provisional Chief Executive (), Duan Qirui. But in next year he resigned his post, and went into the business circle.Who's Who in China 5th ed., p.66 wrote his retirement since 1923. In December 1937,

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established the Provisional Government of the Republic of China, Zhu Shen also participated in it. Zhu was appointed Minister for Justice. In 1939 he also held President of the Power Company in Northern China. In March 1940 the Wang Jingwei Regime was established, Zhu Shen was appointed Executive Member and Chief of the Agency for Political Affairs of the

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(), etc. In February 1943 he was promoted to be Chairperson of the North China Political Council. Zhu Shen died of illness at

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on July 2, 1943.

References

Footnotes

Zheng Renjia (), "The Biographical Sketch of Zhu Shen" ()
'Biographical Writings'' () Website (need Traditional Chinese font) * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhu Shen Politicians from Langfang Republic of China politicians from Hebei Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan 1879 births 1943 deaths Chinese police officers Justice ministers of the Republic of China