Anhui clique
Name Years of dominance Notes
Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 1916-1926 - Premier : 1913 , 1916-18 ; President : 1924-26 - Negotiated the Nishihara Loans with Japan in exchange for Shandong Concession , triggering the May Fourth Movement
Xu Shuzheng 徐樹錚 1916-1920 - Duan Qirui 's right-hand man - Led expedition that reconquered Mongolia and temporarily brought it back under control
Duan Zhigui 段芝貴 - Minister of War : 1917-1919
Jin Yunpeng 靳雲鵬 - Premier : 1919-1921
Wang Yitang 王揖唐 - Chairman of the House of Representatives 1918-1920
Lu Yongxiang 盧永祥 - Ruler of Zhejiang and Shanghai , his refusal to hand over Shanghai caused the Second Zhili-Fengtian War
Zhang Jingyao 張敬堯 1917-1920 - Governor of Hunan noted for his exceptional brutality - Assassinated in 1933 after he became involved with the Japanese plot to enthrone Puyi as emperor of Manchukuo
Wu Guangxin 吳光新 1917-1920 - Governor of Hunan
Ni Sichong 倪嗣衝 - former supporter of Yuan Shikai 's Empire ; eliminated in the Zhili-Anhui War
Chen Shufan 陳樹藩 1916-1921
Zheng Shiqi 鄭士琦 1923-1925 Military governor of Shandong ( 1923-25 ) and Anhui ( 1925 )
Notable people
The Anhui clique () was a military and political organization, one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang clique in the Republic of China's Warlord Era. It was named after Anhui province because several of its generals--including its founder, Duan Qirui--were born in Anhui. It could be considered a legacy of Anhui native Li Hongzhang, who created and built a network of officers during and after the Taiping Rebellion. Because the Anhui clique organized itself very early, it was more politically sophisticated than its warlord rivals.