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Du Xigui

Chinese admiral

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Du Xigui 杜錫珪
Acting President of the Republic of China
In office 22 June 1926 – 1 October 1926
Premier	Himself
Preceded by	Yan Huiqing (acting)
Succeeded by	V. K. Wellington Koo (acting)
Acting Premier of the Republic of China
In office 22 June 1926 – 1 October 1926
President	Himself
Preceded by	Yan Huiqing (acting)
Succeeded by	V. K. Wellington Koo (acting)
Minister of Navy of the Republic of China
In office October 1924 – November 1924
Premier	Huang Fu (acting)
Preceded by	Li Dingxin
Succeeded by	Lin Jianzhang
In office December 1925 – June 1927
Premier	Xu Shiying Jia Deyao Hu Weide (acting) Yan Huiqing (acting) Himself (acting) V. K. Wellington Koo
Preceded by	Lin Jianzhang
Succeeded by	Yang Shuzhuang
Personal details
Born	(1875-11-12)12 November 1875 Fuzhou, Fujian, Qing dynasty
Died	28 December 1933(1933-12-28) (aged 58) Shanghai, Republic of China
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Zhili clique
Awards	Order of Rank and Merit Order of the Precious Brilliant Golden Grain Order of Wen-Hu
Military service
Allegiance	Qing dynasty (1902 – 1912) Beiyang government (1912 – 1928)  Republic of China (1928 – 1933)
Branch/service	Imperial Chinese Navy Republic of China Navy
Years of service	1902 – 1933
Rank	Admiral
Battles/wars	Xinhai Revolution Chinese Civil War

Admiral Du Xigui (Chinese: 杜錫珪; Wade–Giles: Tu Hsi-Kuei; November 12, 1875 – December 28, 1933) was a Chinese naval officer during the late Qing dynasty and the Warlord Era.

Born in Fuzhou, he graduated from the Nanjing naval college in 1902. In July 1911, Du was appointed the commander of a vessel. His crew followed orders from Yuan Shikai to sail up the Yangtze and help put down the Wuchang Uprising later that year. However, when he saw that the Qing empire was collapsing, Du and his sailors mutinied, joining the Republican government. The uprising was what forced the Qing naval minister Sa Zhenbing to resign his post. After Yuan became the head of the government in Beijing, Du continued to serve him.

In 1922, he was made chief of the navy and helped the Zhili clique defeat Zhang Zuolin. In the spring of 1923, Shanghai's fleet rebelled and Du took responsibility by resigning but was recalled in November. In 1924, he commanded the Yangtze fleet of Jiangsu and defeated the Anhui clique's Zhejiang fleet led by Lin Jianzhang. Several ships defected to his side giving him control of Shanghai's waters.

In 1926, he served concurrently as acting president, premier, and minister of the navy.^[1] The Nanjing-based Nationalist government later employed him and sent him on an inspection tour of foreign navies.

Du Xigui, third from left, in ROCN delegation to Washington D.C. in 1930

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