The Republic of China was first founded in 1912. At the time, there was a provisional senate, who elected Sun Yat-sen as provisional president. However, Yuan Shikai assumed the role of the first actual president of the republic soon after.
Sun Yat-sen was elected as the first "provisional president" of China.
Sun Yat Sen. :)
== == The Republic of China was established in 1912 with Dr Sun Yat-sen as the provisional president. The first leader of the People's Republic of China was Mao ZeDong (previously Romanised as Mao Tse Tung)
Sun Yat-sen is considered to be the Father of Chinese Independence. He was the first president of the Republic of China.
Sanford B. Dole
Here's the information on the first president of China: On 1 January 1912, Sun Yat-sen officially proclaimed the establishment of the Republic of China, and became provisional president. Note: I added a hyperlink, in case more people wanted to know about Sun Yat-sen.
The first president of the Dominican Republic was Predro Santana.
The last Chinese dynasty, the Qing, ended in 1912. There were no more emperors after 1912. Afterwards China was re-established as a republic, first as the Republic of China and later as the People's Republic of China after the original Republic of China was defeated in the civil war and retreated to Taiwan. The current President of the People's Republic of China is Hu Jintao and the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is Ma Ying-jeou.
Mohamed Ameen Didi is the FIRST president of the FIRST republic of Maldives.Ibrahim Nasir is the FIRST president of the SECOND republic of Maldives.
Sun Yat-sen is considered the first democratically elected leader in China's history. He was elected as the Provisional President of the Republic of China in 1911 after the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo was the first president of the Republic of Mauritius.