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Zhang Jinghui

1871–1959 · 20th century

Zhang Jinghui was a Chinese general of the Fengtian clique in Manchuria who served the Japanese-backed state of Manchukuo. He succeeded Zheng Xiaoxu as prime minister in 1935 and held the post until the state collapsed in 1945, while Japanese officials and the Kwantung Army made the real decisions. Captured by Soviet forces, he died in a Chinese prison for war criminals in 1959.

Zhang Jinghui
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Manchukuo

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