# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/soong-ching-ling
# Generated: 2026-09-01T15:04:55.959Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/soong-ching-ling"
name: "Soong Ching-ling"
slug: "soong-ching-ling"
description: "She married the founder of the Republic of China, outlasted him by fifty-six years, and became the only woman to serve as head of state — non-Communist — in the People's Republic that followed. Soong Ching-ling held power through civil war, invasion, and the Cultural Revolution by never quite belonging to any single camp."
tagline: "Former Vice President of the People's Republic of China and third wife of Sun Yat-sen (1893–1981)"
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gender: "female"
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birthDate: "1893-01-27"
deathDate: "1981-05-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Shanghai in 1893 and educated in the United States, Soong married Sun Yat-sen as his third wife in 1915 and became a fierce advocate for the KMT-CCP coalition he championed. When Chiang Kai-shek broke with the Communists in 1927, she refused to follow, splitting from her own family as China tore itself apart. She joined the Communist government in 1949 and spent the next three decades in its upper ranks — Vice Chairman of the PRC, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress — serving twice as de facto head of state when the presidency sat empty. During the Cultural Revolution, Zhou Enlai kept her on a protected list, though Red Guards still ransacked her home and destroyed her parents' graves. She was admitted to the Communist Party and named Honorary Chairman of the People's Republic a few weeks before her death in May 1981.