Zeng Yangfu

Zeng Xianhao (Chinese: 曾憲浩; 23 October 1898 – 28 August 1969) was a Chinese-born politician better known by the courtesy name Zeng Yangfu (曾养甫). He was a native of Pingyuan County, Guangdong. Zeng served the Nationalist government as Mayor of Guangzhou from 1936 to 1938. He later led the Ministry of Transportation and Communications from 1942 to 1945.

Zeng Yangfu
曾养甫
A photo of Zeng published in the fourth edition of Who's Who in China (1931)
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
18 May 1948  1949
Minister of Transportation and Communication
In office
December 1942  February 1945
Preceded byChang Kia-ngau
Succeeded byYu Feipeng
Mayor of Guangzhou
In office
August 1936  21 October 1938
Preceded byLiu Jiwen
Succeeded byPeng Dongyuan
Personal details
Born
Zeng Xianhao

(1898-10-23)23 October 1898
Pingyuan County, Guangdong, China
Died28 August 1969(1969-08-28) (aged 70)
Hong Kong
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materPeiyang University
University of Pittsburgh

Upon graduation from Peiyang University in 1923, Zeng enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh. Upon his return to China in 1925, Zeng was named to the Kuomintang Central Committee and a political operative of the National Revolutionary Army. Zeng also served as deputy minister of the Agriculture and Mineral Resources. As director of the Zhejiang Provincial Infrastructure Department, Zeng oversaw several construction projects including the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway and the Qiantang River Bridge. In 1935, Zeng became a member of several government committees on infrastructure. He assumed the mayoralty of Guangzhou between 1936 and 1938, before taking office as transportation and communications minister in 1942. After resigning the office in 1945 due to health reasons, Zeng was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1948. The next year, he left China for Hong Kong, where he died in 1969.[1][2][3]

References

  1. "民国时期的实干家---曾养甫". 浙江省档案馆.
  2. "曾养甫". 华夏经纬.
  3. 《中国国民党百年人物全书》. 团结出版社. 2005.
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