Lin Sen
Chairman of the National Government of China (1868-1943)
Lin Sen (Chinese: 林森; pinyin: Lín Sēn; 16 March 1868 – 1 August 1943) was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the National government of the Republic of China from 1931 until his death in 1943.
Early life
Born to a middle-class family in Shanggan Township (尚幹鄉), Minhou County, Fuzhou, Lin was educated by American missionaries. He later worked in the Telegram Bureau of Taipei, Taiwan, in 1884. After the First Sino-Japanese War, he engaged in guerrilla activities against the Japanese occupiers. He returned to China and worked in the Shanghai customs office in 1902. He later lived in Hawaii and San Francisco.
There he was recruited by the Tongmenghui in 1905, and was an overseas organizer for the Kuomintang. During the Xinhai Revolution, he was in charge of the Jiangxi revolt. He became speaker of the senate in the National Assembly. After the failed Second Revolution against President Yuan Shikai, Lin fled with Sun Yat-sen to Japan and joined his Chinese Revolutionary Party.
“Lin Sen” enters the record as chairman of the National Government of China (1868-1943). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Chairman, National and Government can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q705872. VIAF identifies the subject as 28511943. The Library of Congress control number is n85186718. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1868, 1943, 1931 and 1884.
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