Duan Zhigui

1924	Second Zhili–Fengtian War; Beijing Coup
1925	Yunnan–Guangxi War; May Thirtieth Movement
1925–1926	Anti-Fengtian War
1926–1928	Northern Expedition
1928	Jinan Incident; Huánggūtun Incident; Flag Replacement of the Northeast
1929	Sino-Soviet conflict
1930	Central Plains War

1915–1916	Empire of China (Yuan Shikai); National Protection War
1916	Death of Yuan Shikai
1917	Manchu Restoration
1917–1922	Constitutional Protection Movement
1918–1920	Siberian Intervention
1919	Paris Peace Conference; May Fourth Movement
1919–1921	Occupation of Mongolia
1920	Zhili–Anhui War
1920–1921	Guangdong–Guangxi War
1922	First Zhili–Fengtian War

Duan Zhigui
Duan Zhigui
	Duan Zhigui
Born	段芝贵 1869
Died	1925
Place of birth	Hefei, Anhui
Place of death	Tianjin
Allegiance	Qing dynasty; Republic of China
Rank	general
Other work	Minister of War

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Duan.

Duan Zhigui (simplified Chinese: 段芝贵; traditional Chinese: 段芝貴; pinyin: Duàn Zhīguì; Mandarin pronunciation: [tu̯àn ʈ͡ʂīku̯èi̯] 1869–March 1925) was a Chinese general. Born in Hefei, Anhui, Duan gained the post of Heilongjiang governor in the late Qing dynasty and between 1912-13 he was governor of Chahar, and the military governor of Hubei between 1914–15, as well as Military and Civil governor of Fengtian in 1915-16.

A staunch supporter of Yuan Shikai, he was nicknamed the "Adopted Prince" and when Duan Qirui, a fellow Hefei native took the Beijing government, Duan was made a Minister of War in 1917, however with Duan Qirui's defeat by 1920, Duan Zhigui fled to the Japanese embassy. He was remitted in 1922 and lived in Tianjin until his death there in 1925.

Preceded by Wang Shizhen	Minister of War of the Republic of China 1917–1919	Succeeded by Jin Yunpeng

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