Yuan Shikai 袁世凯
（重定向自Yuan Shi Kai）
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![Yuan Shikai as Governor of Shandong](/Images/godic/202502/21/Yuan_Shikai_as_governor_of_shandong2330.jpg")
![Yuan Shikai sworn in as Provisional President of the *****************, in Beijing, 10 March 1912.](/Images/godic/202502/21/Yuan_Shikai_sworn_in_as_Provisional_President_-_10_March_19122330.jpg")
![Yuan Shikai as the Hongxian Emperor.](/Images/godic/202502/21/YuanShika_Colour2330.jpg")
Yuan Shikai (Chinese:袁世凯; pinyin:Yuán Shìkǎi; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese general, politician and Emperor, famous for his influence during the late Qing Dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor, his autocratic rule as the first formal President of the *****************, and his short-lived attempt to restore monarchy in China, with himself as the Hongxian Emperor (Chinese:洪宪皇帝).