Military Affairs Commission

Military Affairs Commission
Military Affairs Commission
Traditional Chinese	國民政府軍事委員會
Simplified Chinese	国民政府军事委员会
Literal meaning	National Government Military Commission
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guómínzhèngfǔ Jūnshì Wěiyuánhuì

Military Affairs Commission of the National Government
國民政府軍事委員會; Guómínzhèngfǔ Jūnshì Wěiyuánhuì
	Flag of the chairman of the Military Affairs Commission
Agency overview
Formed	1 July 1925; 98 years ago
Dissolved	15 May 1946; 77 years ago
Agency executive	Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman; He Yingqin, Chief of the General Staff;

The Military Affairs Commission (MAC) of the National Government, chaired by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, directed the command of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.

Organizational structure[edit]

It was reorganized beginning on January 17, 1938, in the following way:

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party
Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission (軍事委員會主席)
1	Wang Jingwei 汪兆銘 Wāng Zhàomíng (1883–1944)	1 July 1925	9 April 1926	Kuomintang	Wang Jingwei (Co-serving)
1	Wang Jingwei 汪兆銘 Wāng Zhàomíng (1883–1944)	282 days		Kuomintang	Wang Jingwei (Co-serving)
2	Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	16 April 1926	10 March 1927	Kuomintang	Tan Yankai
2	Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	328 days		Kuomintang	Tan Yankai
During this interval, the MAC was headed by a presidium.
3	Hu Hanmin 胡漢民 Hú Hànmín (1879–1936)	20 September 1927	4 January 1928	Kuomintang	Tan Yankai
3	Hu Hanmin 胡漢民 Hú Hànmín (1879–1936)	106 days		Kuomintang
(2)	Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	7 February 1928	7 November 1928	Kuomintang
		7 February 1928	7 November 1928		Chiang Kai-shek (Co-serving)
		274 days			Chiang Kai-shek (Co-serving)
MAC abolished during this interval
Head of the Military Affairs Commission (軍事委員會委員長)
(2)	Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	6 March 1932	15 May 1946	Kuomintang	Lin Sen
		6 March 1932	15 May 1946		Chiang Kai-shek (Co-serving)
		14 years, 70 days			Chiang Kai-shek (Co-serving)

Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. pp. 314-316.