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Lu Yanwei

Lu Yanwei (盧彥威) was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who controlled Yichang Circuit (義昌, headquartered in modern Cangzhou, Hebei) from 885 to 898, most of that time as its military governor ( Jiedushi ). Background and seizure of Yichang Circuit Little is known about Lu Yanwei's background, as neither of the official histories of Tang Dynasty — the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang — contained a biography for him. The first reference to him in the Zizhi Tongjian was in 885, when a mutiny at Yichang's capital Cang Prefecture (滄州) led to the expulsion of the previously military governor Yang Quanmei (楊全玫), who fled to neighboring Lulong Circuit (盧龍, headquartered in modern Beijing). The soldiers supported Lu to be their acting military governor. Then-reigning Emperor Xizong, however, did not make Lu military governor, instead commissioning the imperial guard officer Cao Cheng (曹誠) as military governor and Lu as the prefect of one of Yicha...

Ban Ki-moon

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Ban . Ban Ki-moon .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} 반기문 潘基文 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations In office 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2016 Deputy Asha-Rose Migiro Jan Eliasson Preceded by Kofi Annan Succeeded by António Guterres Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade In office 17 January 2004 – 1 December 2006 Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan Han Myeong-sook Preceded by Yoon Young-kwan Succeeded by Song Min-soon Personal details Born ( 1944-06-13 ) 13 June 1944 (age 74) Insei, Japanese Korea [1] [2] (now Eumseong County, South Korea) Political party Independent Spouse(s) Yoo Soon-taek Children 3 Education Seoul National University (BA) Harvard University (MPA) Signature Ban Ki-moon Hangul 반기문 Hanja 潘基文 Revised Romanization Ban Gimun McCune–Reischauer Pan Kimun IPA [panɡimun] Ban Ki-moon ( / b æ n / ; Hangul:  반기문 ; Hanja:  潘基...