<P> Sun Yat - sen ( / ˈsʊn ˈjɑːtˈsɛn / ; 12 November 1866 -- 12 March 1925 ) was the founding father of the Republic of China . The first provisional president of the Republic of China , Sun was a Chinese physician , writer , philosopher , Georgist , calligrapher and revolutionary . As the foremost pioneer and first leader of a Republican China , Sun is referred to as the `` Father of the Nation '' in the Republic of China ( ROC ) and the `` forerunner of democratic revolution '' in the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) . Sun played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty ( the last imperial dynasty of China ) during the years leading up to the Xinhai Revolution . He was appointed to serve as Provisional President of the Republic of China when it was founded in 1912 . He later co-founded the Kuomintang ( Nationalist Party of China ) , serving as its first leader . Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China , and he remains unique among 20th - century Chinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait . </P>
<P> Sun Yat - sen ( / ˈsʊn ˈjɑːtˈsɛn / ; 12 November 1866 -- 12 March 1925 ) was the founding father of the Republic of China . The first provisional president of the Republic of China , Sun was a Chinese physician , writer , philosopher , Georgist , calligrapher and revolutionary . As the foremost pioneer and first leader of a Republican China , Sun is referred to as the `` Father of the Nation '' in the Republic of China ( ROC ) and the `` forerunner of democratic revolution '' in the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) . Sun played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty ( the last imperial dynasty of China ) during the years leading up to the Xinhai Revolution . He was appointed to serve as Provisional President of the Republic of China when it was founded in 1912 . He later co-founded the Kuomintang ( Nationalist Party of China ) , serving as its first leader . Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China , and he remains unique among 20th - century Chinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait . </P>
first leader of the nationalist party in china
first leader of the nationalist party in china
Sun Yat - sen
Sun Yat - sen