The Military Affairs Commission (MAC) of the Nationalist Government, chaired by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, directed the command of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China.
Organizational structure It was reorganized beginning on January 17, 1938, in the following way: Chairman - Chiang Kai-shek Military Commissioners Chief of the General Staff - He Yingqin Board of Military Operations Ministry of War Board of Military Training Board of Political Training Directorate General of Courts Martial Commission on Aeronautical Affairs Military Personnel Bureau Military Advisory Council Main Office of the Military Affairs Commission Aides Office Investigation Statistics Bureau Councillors Office Commanders of Military Regions Commander in Chief, Navy Commander in Chief, Air Force Rear Area Services Department Air Defense Commanders Garrison Commanders
List of leaders No. PortraitNameTerm of office Political partyHead of State Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission (軍事委員會主席) 1 Wang Jingwei汪兆銘Wāng Zhàomíng(1883–1944) 1 July 1925 9 April 1926KuomintangWang Jingwei(Co-serving) 2 Chiang Kai-shek蔣中正Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng(1887–1975) 16 April 1926 10 March 1927KuomintangTan Yankai colspan=8 3 Hu Hanmin胡漢民Hú Hànmín(1879–1936) 20 September 1927 4 January 1928KuomintangTan Yankai (2) Chiang Kai-shek蔣中正Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng(1887–1975) 7 February 1928 7 November 1928KuomintangChiang Kai-shek(Co-serving) colspan=8 Head of the Military Affairs Commission (軍事委員會委員長) (2) Chiang Kai-shek蔣中正Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng(1887–1975)6 March 1932 15 May 1946Kuomintang Lin SenChiang Kai-shek(Co-serving)
References
Hsu Long-hsuen and Chang Ming-kai, History of The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) 2nd Ed., 1971. Translated by Wen Ha-hsiung, Chung Wu Publishing; 33, 140th Lane, Tung-hwa Street, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. pp. 314-316.
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