Sun Yat-sen was declared as President, but Sun was forced to turn power over to Yuan Shikai, who commanded the New Army and was Prime Minister under the Qing government, as part of the agreement to let the last Qing monarch abdicate ( a decision Sun would later regret ).

After the takeover of the Republican government by Yuan Shikai and the failed Second Revolution in 1913, Chiang, like his KMT comrades, divided time between exile in Japan and the havens of the Shanghai International Settlement.

On May 18, 1916 agents of Yuan Shikai assassinated Chen Qimei.

Notions of the Mandate of Heaven and divine monarchy were discarded, as shown in two unpopular and failed attempts to restore the imperial system by Yuan Shikai and Zhang Xun.

The title was briefly revived from 12 December 1915 to 22 March 1916 by President Yuan Shikai and again in early July 1917 when General Zhang Xun attempted to restore last Qing emperor Puyi to the throne.

The northern provinces had remained loyal to the Emperor, and hoping to avoid a civil war, Sun Yat-Sen – already proclaimed " provisional president " by his supporters – had come to a compromise with the Emperor's key ally Yuan Shikai ( 1859 – 1916 ); the monarchy would be abolished, and Late Imperial China would be converted into a new Republic of China, but it would be the royalist Yuan and not the revolutionary Sun who would become its first President.

* 1916 – The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.

Yuan Shikai was an adept politician and general.

This was followed by the dismissal of General Yuan Shikai from his former positions of power.

Seeing a desperate situation unfold, the Qing government brought an unwilling Yuan Shikai back to military power, taking control of his Beiyang Army, with the initial goal of crushing the revolutionaries.

After taking the position of Prime Minister and creating his own cabinet, Yuan Shikai went as far as to ask for the removal of Zaifeng from the regency.

With Zaifeng gone, Yuan Shikai and his Beiyang commanders effectively dominated Qing politics.

With permission from Empress Dowager Longyu, Yuan Shikai began negotiating with Sun Yat-sen, who decided that his goal had been achieved in forming a republic, and that therefore he could allow Yuan to step into the position of President of the Republic of China.

The most successful of these was the Beiyang Army under the overall supervision and control of a former Huai Army commander, General Yuan Shikai, who exploited his position to eventually become President of the Republic of China, dictator and finally abortive emperor of China.

A poster that commemorates the permanent President of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai and the provisional President of the Republic

* 1859 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China ( d. 1916 )

* Following the assassination of his rival Song Jiaoren, Yuan Shikai uses military force to dissolve China's parliament and rules as a dictator.

* Yuan Shikai, President of the Republic of China and briefly Emperor

* September 16 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese dictator ( d. 1916 )

** The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.

* June 6 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese military official and politician ( b. 1859 )

* December 12 – Chinese president Yuan Shikai declares himself Emperor.

In 1912 the troops of Lu and Feng Yuxiang, now subordinates of Yuan Shikai, were regrouped and Feng had then been Song's superior.

Shortly after the rise of Yuan, the parliament's authority became nominal ; violations of the Constitution by Yuan were met with half-hearted motions of censure, and Kuomintang members of the parliament that gave up their membership to the KMT were offered 1, 000 pounds.

Tensions between the Kuomintang and Yuan continued to intensify.

Finally, Yuan had himself elected president to a five-year term, publicly labelled the Kuomintang a seditious organization, ordered the Kuomintang's dissolution, and evicted all members from Parliament.

The Legislative Yuan greatly increased its prominence after the 2000 Presidential elections in Taiwan when the Executive Yuan and presidency was controlled by the Democratic Progressive Party while the Legislative Yuan had a large majority of Kuomintang members.

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On 20 March 2008, the Kuomintang under Ma Ying-jeou won the presidency in Taiwan, and a majority in the Legislative Yuan.

The Kuomintang was divided over solutions on how to deal with Yuan.

However, attempts by the Democratic Progressive Party administration to create a new Constitution during the second term of DPP President Chen Shui-bian failed, because the then opposition Kuomintang controlled the Legislative Yuan.

Among the Allegiance's members was Li Zongren, prominent Guangxi warlord and Kuomintang military commander and Wang Jingwei, who would later serve as the collaborationist President of the Executive Yuan and Chairman of the National Government in Japanese occupied China during World War II.

The Kuomintang administration revived the Examination Yuan in 1947 after the defeat of Japan.

Although the Kuomintang had allowed contested elections for a small number of seats in Legislative Yuan, opposition parties were still forbidden.

Because the majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan were held by delegates elected in 1947, pending the promised retaking of mainland China, the Tangwai movement had no possibility of seizing power, but they were able to use the legislature as a forum for debating the ruling Kuomintang.

The opposition Kuomintang, which together with its political allies held a one-vote majority in the Legislative Yuan, decried the change and proposed " Taiwan Taoyuan Chiang Kai-shek International Airport " instead.

Kuomintang members of the Parliament accused Yuan of abusing his rights and called for his removal.

On the other hand, the Progressive Party (), which was composed of constitutional monarchists and supported Yuan, accused the Kuomintang of fomenting an insurrection.

Yuan then decided to use military action against the Kuomintang.

In November Yuan Shikai, legally president, ordered the Kuomintang dissolved and forcefully removed its members from parliament.

In 1928, the Kuomintang ( KMT ) Government established the Executive Yuan and Tan Yankai served as the first President of the Executive Yuan.

Category: Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan

As Prime Minister, however, he sided with Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang against Yuan Shikai and resigned after only three months in office.