Song Jiaoren (5 April 1882 - 22 March 1913) was a Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the KMT. Song Jiaoren led the KMT to electoral victories in China's first democratic election. He based his appeal on the upper-class gentry, landowners, and merchants. Historians have concluded that provisional president, Yuan Shikai, was responsible for his assassination on March 20, 1913.