Soong Ching-ling (27 January 1893 - 29 May 1981) was a Chinese political figure. As the third wife of Sun Yat-sen, then Premier of the KMT and President of the RoC, she was often referred to as Madame Sun Yat-sen. She was a member of the Soong family and, together with her siblings, played a prominent role in China's politics prior to and after 1949