Background
He was born in Wuxing, Zhejiang, China (modern Huzhou).
陈果夫, 陳果夫
He was born in Wuxing, Zhejiang, China (modern Huzhou).
His surname is "祖燾", also called him "Guofu(果夫)". Chen Guofu joined the Tongmenghui in 1911. He participated in both the revolution against the Qing dynasty and the "second revolution" against Yuan Shikai.
He was chairman of the government of Jiangsu from 1933 to 1937.
He left for Taiwan in December 1948 and died there on August 25, 1951, in Taipei, Taiwan.
He restarted his political career in 1924, being nominated as member of the Kuomintang Central Audit, as well as head of the Department of Organization and president of the Central Financial Committee. Together with his younger brother Chen Lifu, he organized the Central Committee Clique or Central Club Clique of the Kuomintang.