List of foreign politicians of Chinese descent

This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside of the Greater China who are of Chinese descent.^[a]

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Name	Realm	Reign	Comments
Kinh Dương Vương 祿續	Vietnam	2879 BC–?	The founder of the legendary Hồng Bàng dynasty, Lộc Tục, was recorded as a descendant of the mythological Chinese ruler Shennong^[1]
Jizi 箕子	Korea	1120 BC–?	The founder of the legendary Gija Joseon, Jizi was a mythological Chinese sage from the Shang dynasty who became the ruler of the semi-legendary state of Gojoseon.^[2]
Thục Phán 蜀泮	Vietnam	257–179 BC	According to two historical Vietnamese texts, Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư and Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục, Thục Phán of the Thục dynasty was from modern-day Sichuan, China, where it was previously ruled by the ancient Chinese State of Shu.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Wiman of Gojoseon 衛滿	Korea	194 BC–?	The founder of Wiman Joseon, was a Chinese born General from Yan who fled to Gojoseon and later usurped the native ruler of Gojoseon, Jun of Gojoseon.^[7]
Hyeokgeose of Silla 新羅	Korea	57 BC–4 AD	The founder of Silla, Hyeokgeose, was allegedly of partial Chinese descent. His mother, Lady Saso, was supposedly from China and later settled in the Jinhan confederacy. However, Goryeo historian and compiler of the Samguk Sagi, Kim Pusik questioned this tale.^[8]^[9] All Silla monarchs from the Bak clan were paternal descendants of Hyeokgeose, while those from the Seok clan (with the exception of Talhae) traced their lineage to Hyeokgeose via his granddaughter, Lady Ahyo (阿孝夫人; 아효부인).
Chumo the Holy 高朱蒙	Korea	37–19 BC	The founder of Goguryeo, who according to Samguk sagi, claimed descent from the mythological Chinese ruler Zhuanxu.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] However, this myth was dismissed in the Samguk Sagi itself.^[15]
Onjo 扶餘溫祚	Korea	18 BC–28 AD	The founder of Baekje, Buyeo Onjo, was descended from the ruling family of Goguryeo.^[16] However, the myth that the royal Ko family of Koguryo was descended from a mythical Chinese emperor was dismissed in the Samguk Sagi.^[15]
Kujula Kadphises 丘就卻	Bactria	30–80 AD	The founder of the Kushan dynasty, Kujula Kadphises, was descended from a lineage of Yuezhi tribe hailing from modern-day Gansu, China.^[17]^{[citation needed]}^{[dubious – discuss]}
Phạm Văn 范文	Lâm Ấp	336–349 AD	The founder of Dynasty II of Champa, Phạm Văn, was of Chinese origin.^[18]
Lý Bôn 李賁	Vietnam	544–548 AD	The founder of the Early Lý dynasty, Lý Bôn, was descended from Chinese refugees who fled Wang Mang's seizure of power in the final years of the Western Han.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]
Wang Geon 王建	Korea	918–943 AD	According to the Pyeon Nyeon Tong Rok (編年通錄; 편년통록), Wang Geon was the great-grandson of Emperor Suzong of Tang; according to the Byeon Nyeon Gang Mok (編年綱目; 변년강목), he was the great-grandson of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.^[26]^[27] However, the story that Wang Geon was descended from either Suzong or Xuanzong was dismissed in the Goryeo Sa.^[28]
Lý Công Uẩn 李公蘊	Vietnam	1009–1028 AD	The first emperor of the Lý dynasty, Lý Công Uẩn, could have his paternal bloodline traced to modern-day Fujian, China.^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33] Lý Công Uẩn's father, Lý Thuần An, escaped to Quanzhou from Hebei after Lý Công Uẩn's grandfather, Li Song, was wrongly accused of treason and executed by the Emperor Yin of Later Han.^[34]^[35]
Trần Cảnh 陳煚	Vietnam	1226–1258 AD	The origin of the Trần dynasty was traced to modern Fujian, where the ancestor of the Trần imperial clan, Trần Kính, migrated from in the 11th century.^[36]^[37]
Sukaphaa 蘇卡法	Assam	1228–1268 AD	The founder of the Ahom dynasty, Sukaphaa, was originally from modern-day Yunnan, China.^[38]
Uthong 烏通	Siam	1350–1370 AD	Uthong, the first king of Ayutthaya Kingdom, was an ethnic Chinese.^[39]^{[dubious – discuss]} This was also mentioned in a 17th-century account by Jeremias van Vliet.
Hồ Quý Ly 胡季犛	Vietnam	1400–1407 AD	The founders of the Hồ dynasty claimed descent from the Duke Hu of Chen, the founder of the ancient Chinese State of Chen.^[40]^[41] The Duke Hu of Chen was in turn descended from the legendary Emperor Shun, who was recognized by Hồ Quý Ly as the progenitor of the Hồ imperial family.^[42]^[43] The Hồ family migrated from present-day Zhejiang, China to Vietnam under Hồ Hưng Dật during the 10th century.^[35]
Trần Ngỗi 陳頠	Vietnam	1407–1413 AD	The Later Trần dynasty was ruled by the same imperial clan as the earlier Trần dynasty. Trần Ngỗi, the founder of the Later Trần dynasty, was a son of the ninth Trần monarch, Trần Phủ.^{[citation needed]}
Liang Daoming 梁道明	Palembang	14th century–15th century AD	^[44]^[45]
Mạc Cửu 鄚玖	Principality of Hà Tiên	1707–1736 AD	The founder of the Principality of Hà Tiên, Mạc Cửu, was a Chinese from Leizhou, China.^[46]^[47]
Taksin 達信	Siam	1767–1782 AD	The founder and only king of the Thonburi dynasty, Taksin, had Chinese, Thai, and Mon ancestry. His father, Zheng Yong, was a Teochew Chinese from Chenghai, China.^[48]
Nguyễn Nhạc 阮岳	Vietnam	1778–1788 AD	Rulers of the Tây Sơn dynasty, initially surnamed Hồ, were descended from the same line as the Hồ dynasty.^[49]
Piang Tan 陳皮昂	Maguindanao people	19th to 20th Century AD	The founder of the House of Piang, Piang Tan, was of mixed Chinese and Maguindanaon heritage.^[50]^[51]^[52]^[53]^[54]^[55]^[56] His father, Tuya Tan, was from Amoy, China.
Ang Sar 安紹	Cambodia	1927–1941 AD	Sisowath Monivong (r. 1927–1941), the second and final Cambodian monarch from the House of Sisowath, was of partial Chinese descent. His mother, Varni Van (萬妃; សម្តេចព្រះវររាជនីវ៉ាន់), was a Chinese Cambodian.^{[citation needed]}

Chakri dynasty 扎克里王朝	Siam/Thailand	AD 1782–present	Thongduang 通鑾	The founder of the Chakri dynasty, Thongduang, was of mixed Chinese and Mon descent.^[57]^[58] His mother, Daoreung, was partially Chinese.^[59]^[60]	(list) (tree)
House of Norodom 諾羅敦王朝	Cambodia	AD 1860–1904, AD 1941–1970, AD 1993–present	Ang Voddey 安瓦戴	Cambodian monarchs of the House of Norodom acquired Chinese heritage from Varni Van (萬妃; សម្តេចព្រះវររាជនីវ៉ាន់), a Chinese Cambodian consort of Sisowath. She was the maternal great-grandmother of Norodom Sihanouk (r. 1941–1955, 1993–2004) and the paternal great-great-grandmother of Norodom Sihamoni (r. 2004–present), the reigning Cambodian king.	(list) (tree)
House of Temenggong 天猛公王朝	Johor	AD 1886–present	Abu Bakar 阿布·峇卡	Johor monarchs of the House of Temenggong acquired Chinese heritage from Cecilia Catherina Lange,^[61] the second wife of Abu Bakar with Chinese and Danish ancestry. Ibrahim (r. 1895–1959) and all subsequent Johor sultans, including the reigning Ibrahim Ismail (r. 2010–present), are descended from Lange.	(list) (tree)

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