Duan Qirui 段祺瑞
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![1 yuan, silver commemorative coin of Duan Qirui, minted in 1924](/Images/godic/202501/10/调整大小_DSC007775701.jpg")
![Yuan Shikai y diplomáticos en Pekín en 1913. Duan ascendió en el Ejército y la política nacionales a la sombra del caudillo militar y presidente de la república.](/Images/godic/202501/10/Yuan_Shikai_19135701.png")
![Feng Guozhang, protegido como Duan de Yuan Shikai y fundador de la camarilla de Zhili, rival de la de Duan. Tras un periodo de cooperación entre los dos para eliminar a los rivales sus camarillas se enfrentaron por el poder.](/Images/godic/202501/10/PresidenteFengGuozhangLibroDePutnamWeale5701.jpg")
Duan Qirui (Chinese:段祺瑞; pinyin:Duàn Qíruì; Wade–Giles:Tuan Ch'i-jui; IPA: [tu̯àn t͡ɕʰíɻu̯èi̯]) (6 March 1865 – November 2, 1936) was a Chinese warlord and politician, commander in the Beiyang Army, and the Provisional Chief Executive of ***************** (in Beijing) from 1924 to 1926 and the Premier from 1916 to 1918. He was arguably the most powerful man in China from 1916 to 1920.