Democratic Party (1912)

Democratic Party
民主黨
Chairman Tang Hualong
Founded 27 September 1912 (1912-09-27)
Dissolved 29 May 1913
Merged into Progressive Party
Ideology Conservatism
Republicanism
Political position Centre-right
Politics of the Republic of China
Political parties
Elections

The Democratic Party (Chinese: 民主黨) was a short-lived political party in the early of the Republican period of China from 1912 to 1913.

History

It was formed by serval groups of politicians of the late Qing Constitutional Movement on 27 September 1912 in Beijing after seeing the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and Republican emerged in the Provisional Senate of the Provisional Republican Government. Tang Hualong became the first Chairman of the party while Liang Qichao was the actual head. The radical faction split from the party after the party stood with the government's stance on the Russo-Mongolian Agreement on 3 November 1912.[1]

Under Liang Qichao, the Democratic Party, Unity Party, and Republican Party merged into the Progressive Party on 29 May 1913. The Progressive Party became the flagship pro-Yuan party in the National Assembly.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Zhang, Yufa (1985). 民國初年的政黨 [Minguo chu nian de zheng dang]. Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica. pp. 102–108.
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