title: Wang Shizhen (Beiyang government)
text: # Wang Shizhen (Beiyang government)
  
  Wang Shizhen (Chinese: 王士珍; pinyin: Wáng Shìzhēn; 1861–1930), courtesy name Pinqing (聘卿), was a Chinese general and politician of the Republic of China.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Wang was born in Zhengding, Zhili in 1861. He was the Minister of War in the Qing Dynasty under Yuan Shikai and in the Republic of China three times, 1915–1916 and twice in 1917. He was the Premier of China from 1917 to 1918.
  
  