Constitutional Protection Junta

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Republic of China Military Government 中華民國軍政府 護法軍政府
1917–1920 1920–1921
Flag
Provincial members of the Constitutional Protection Movement shown in dark blue; former member (light blue)
Capital	Guangzhou
Common languages	Standard Chinese
Government	Stratocracy
Generalissimo
• 1917–1918	Sun Yat-sen
• 1920–1921	Sun Yat-sen
Chairman of Presidium
• 1918–1920	Cen Chunxuan
• 1920–1921	Sun Yat-sen
Legislature	Republic of China Guangzhou Extraordinary Session of Congress
History
• Constitutional Protection Movement	17 September 1917
• Established	1 September, 1917
• Dissolved	24 October 1920
• Reestablished	28 November 1920
• Disestablished	2 April 1921
Preceded by Succeeded by Beiyang Government Beiyang Government Government of the Republic of China in Guangzhou

The Constitutional Protection Junta (Chinese Language: 護法軍政府) was a military government established by the Kuomintang in Guangzhou in opposition to the Beiyang government on 1 September 1917,^[1] after the beginning of the Constitutional Protection Movement on 17 July 1917.