Jin Yuzhang
| Jin Yuzhang | |
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| Head of the House of Aisin-Gioro | |
| Reign | 10 April 2015 – present |
| Predecessor | Jin Youzhi |
| Born | 1942 (age 73–74) |
| House | Aisin-Gioro |
| Father | Jin Youzhi |
| Occupation | Engineer |
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| Chinese | 金毓嶂 | ||||||
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Jin Yuzhang (born May 1942) is the nominal head of the Aisin-Gioro clan, the imperial family of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912). By virtue of his position, he is also the pretender to the thrones of Imperial China and Manchukuo, even though he does not make these claims himself. He is the eldest son of Jin Youzhi, a younger half-brother of Puyi, the Last Emperor of China.[1][2] The last published succession rule for the Qing dynasty, adopted in 1937, provides for succession by male descendants, brothers, and then half-brothers.[3] After the death of Pujie, Puyi's only full-brother, in 1994, Jin Youzhi became next in line to be the head of the Aisin-Gioro clan. Jin Yuzhang succeeded his father when the latter died in 2015.
Life
Jin attended Beijing Geological University and was sent to be a geological worker in Qinghai province. He later became technician at the Beijing Chongwen District Environment Protection Bureau. Since 1999 he has served as the only non-Communist Deputy Governor of Chongwen District and also holds the position of Deputy Director of the Beijing Ethnic Affairs Committee. He has a daughter, Jin Xin (born 1976), who is a computer science graduate employed at China Electronics Company Limited.
Jin's younger brother and designated heir is Jin Yuquan, the Vice President of the Energy and Environment Protection College of the Beijing University of Technology.
Ancestry
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References
- ↑ Heir to China's throne celebrates a modest life, The Age, Nov. 27, 2004
- ↑ "La vie d'un neveu du dernier empereur de Chine", Le Quotidien du Peuple, Dec. 12, 2000.
- ↑ "Law Governing Succession to the Imperial Throne", March 1, 1937, The Manchoukuo Year Book 1941, Tōa Keizai Chōsakyoku (Japan). "Among the Imperial brothers and the remoter Imperial relations, precedence shall be given, in the same degree, to the descendants of full blood over those of half blood." (Article 8, p. 905.)
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| Jin Yuzhang | ||
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| Preceded by Aisin Gioro Puren |
— TITULAR — Emperor of China 10 April 2015 – present Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1912 |
Incumbent Heir: Jin Yuquan |
| — TITULAR — Emperor of Manchukuo 10 April 2015 – present Reason for succession failure: Empire abolished in 1945 | ||
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