Tang Shizun (born 1885) was a KMT

Kuomintang

The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...

 general from Sichuan

Sichuan

' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...

 during World War II

World War II

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Military/Government Positions

From 1926 to 1932 Shizun served as General Officer Commanding 1st Division, 21st Army. In 1935 he was promoted to Commander of the entire 21st Army. He served this position until 1939, when he became Commander in Chief of the 23rd Army Group. During this time, he also served as Deputy Commander in Chief for the 3rd War Area. After taking a four-year hiatus starting in 1945, he gained the office of Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government. He died in office in 1950.