Definitions for "Guomindang"
Keywords:  yat, sen, nationalist, shek, chiang
(GMD; also Kuomintang or KMT). The Nationalist Party, initially organized in 1912 by Sun Yat-sen. The GMD became a major political force in China during the first half of the 20th century. Reorganized by Sun Zhong-shan (Sun Yat-sen) with Soviet assistance in the early 1920s. The dominant party on the Mainland from 1928-1949 and on Taiwan after 1949.
the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan
nationalist political party in China that became the government from 1927 to 1949