Military Affairs Commission

The Military Affairs Commission (MAC) of the Nationalist Government, chaired by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, directed the command of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.

Organizational structure

It was reorganized beginning on January 17, 1938, in the following way:

• Chairman - Chiang Kai-shek
• Military Commissioners
• Chief of the General Staff - He Yingqin
  • Board of Military Operations
  • Ministry of War
  • Board of Military Training
  • Board of Political Training
  • Directorate General of Courts Martial
  • Commission on Aeronautical Affairs
  • Military Personnel Bureau
  • Military Advisory Council
• Main Office of the Military Affairs Commission
• Aides Office
• Investigation Statistics Bureau
• Councillors Office
• Commanders of Military Regions
• Commander in Chief, Navy
• Commander in Chief, Air Force
• Rear Area Services Department
• Air Defense Commanders
• Garrison Commanders

List of leaders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Head of State
Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission (軍事委員會主席)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1	File:Wang Jingwei.png	Wang Jingwei 汪兆銘 Wāng Zhàomíng (1883–1944)	1 July 1925	9 April 1926	Kuomintang	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|	File:Wang Jingwei.png Wang Jingwei (Co-serving)
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rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	File:Chiang 1.jpg	Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	16 April 1926	10 March 1927	Kuomintang	rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|	File:Tan Yankai.jpg Tan Yankai
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rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	File:Hu Hanmin3.jpg	Hu Hanmin 胡漢民 Hú Hànmín (1879–1936)	20 September 1927	4 January 1928	Kuomintang	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|	File:Tan Yankai.jpg Tan Yankai
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rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (2)	File:Chiang 1.jpg	Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	7 February 1928	7 November 1928	Kuomintang
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|						File:Chiang 1.jpg Chiang Kai-shek (Co-serving)
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Head of the Military Affairs Commission (軍事委員會委員長)
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| (2)	File:Chiang Kai-shek enhanced.jpg	Chiang Kai-shek 蔣中正 Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng (1887–1975)	6 March 1932	15 May 1946	Kuomintang	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|	File:Lin Sen.jpg Lin Sen
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|						File:Chiang Kai-shek enhanced.jpg Chiang Kai-shek (Co-serving)
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References

• Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. pp. 314-316.

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