Editing Demchugdongrub (section)

{{Short description|Chinese Mongol prince (1902–1966)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Demchugdongrub
| native_name         = {{nobold|{{MongolUnicode|ᠳᠡᠮᠴᠣᠭᠳᠣᠩᠷᠤᠪ}}}}
| image               = Prince Demchugdongrub NAC 1930s.png
| image_size          = 
| caption             = 
| office              = Chairman of the [[Mengjiang#History|Mongol Military Government]]
| term_start          = 1 July 1938
| term_end            = 1 September 1939
| predecessor         = [[Yondonwangchug]]
| successor           = Himself (as Head of state of Mengjiang)
| office2             = [[Head of state]] of [[Mengjiang]]
| term_start2         = 1 September 1939
| term_end2           = 20 August 1945
| predecessor2        = Himself (as Chairman of the Mongol Military Government)
| successor2          = ''Position abolished''
| birth_name          = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1902|2|8|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Sonid Right Banner]], [[Xilingol League]], [[Inner Mongolia]], [[Qing dynasty|China]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1966|5|23|1902|2|8|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Hohhot]], [[Inner Mongolia]], [[China]]
| nationality         = [[Mongols in China|Chinese Mongol]]
| awards              = [[Order of the Rising Sun]]<br />[[Mongolia Military Merit Medal]]<ref>Peterson, DAI NIPPON MILITARY MEMORABILIA
ITEMS FROM WARTIME JAPAN|</ref>
| spouse              = 
| partner             = 
| relations           = 
| children            = 
| parents             = 
| mother              = 
| father              = 
| relatives           = [[Royal family of Mengjiang]]
| education           = 
| alma_mater          = 
| occupation          = Politician
<!--Military service-->
| allegiance          = [[Mengjiang]]
| branch              = [[Inner Mongolian Army]]
| serviceyears        = 1936–45
| rank                = [[General]]
| commands            = Inner Mongolian Army
| battles             = {{tree list}}
*'''[[Second Sino-Japanese War]]'''
**[[Suiyuan Campaign]]
**[[Operation Chahar]]
**[[Battle of Taiyuan]]
*'''[[World War II]]'''
**[[Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation]]
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| module              = {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Chinese-character names}}
{{Chinese
| child = yes
| t = {{linktext|德|穆|楚|克|棟|魯|普}}
| s = {{linktext|德|穆|楚|克|栋|鲁|普}}
| p = Démùchǔkèdònglǔpǔ
| mi = {{IPAc-cmn|d|e|2|m|u|4|ch|u|3|k|e|4|d|ong|4|l|u|3|p|u|3}}
| w = Te-mu-ch‘u-k‘e-tung-lu-p‘u
| mon = Дэмчигдонров
| mong = {{MongolUnicode|ᠳᠡᠮᠴᠣᠭᠳᠣᠨᠷᠤᠪ}}
| monr = Demčugdongrub
}}
{{Chinese
| child = yes
| title = Prince De
| c = {{linktext|德|王}}
| p = Dé Wáng
| w = Te Wang
| l = [[Wang (title)|King]]{{nbsp}}De'
| mon = Дэ Ван
}}
{{Chinese
| child = yes
| title = Other names
| altname3 = Xixian<br><small>([[courtesy name]])</small>
| t3 = {{linktext|希|賢}}
| s3 = {{linktext|希|贤}}
| p3 = Xīxián
| w3 = Hsi-hsien
}}
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}}
'''Demchugdongrub'''{{efn|{{langx|mn|{{MongolUnicode|ᠳᠡᠮᠴᠣᠭᠳᠣᠨᠷᠤᠪ}},<br/><small>[[Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic:]]</small> Дэмчигдонров|translit=Demchigdonrov {{noitalic|or}} Demchigdonrob}}, {{IPA|mn|tɪmt͡ʃʰəktɔŋrəw|}}<ref>{{cite web |title=ДЭМЧИГДОНРОВ Намжилваанчигийн |url=https://mongoltoli.mn/history/h/201 |publisher=Монголын түүхийн тайлбар толь |language=mn}}</ref><br/>{{zh|t=德穆楚克棟魯普}}}} (8 February 1902 – 23 May 1966), also known as '''Prince De''' ({{lang-zh|德王}}), [[courtesy name]] '''Xixian''' ({{lang-zh|希賢}}), was a [[Qing dynasty]] [[Mongols in China|Chinese Mongol]] [[Mongolian nobility|prince]] descended from the [[Borjigin]] imperial clan who lived during the 20th century and became the leader of an independence movement in [[Inner Mongolia]]. He was most notable for being the chairman of the pro-[[Imperial Japan|Japanese]] [[Mongol Military Government]] (1938–39) and later of the [[puppet state]] of [[Mengjiang]] (1939–45), during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. In the modern day, some see Demchugdongrub as a Mongol nationalist promoting [[Pan-Mongolism]],<ref name="Wang97">[[#Wang2008|Wang (2008)]], p. 97</ref><ref>[[#Liu2004|Liu (2004)]], p. 132</ref> while others view him as a traitor and a pawn of the Japanese during [[World War II]].<ref name="Wang97" />