Ma Chaochun
Ma Chao-chun was the mayor of Nanjing in the period prior to the Battle of Nanking. On December 1, 1937, Ma Chao-chun ordered all Chinese citizens remaining in Nanjing to move into the Nanking Safety Zone. Ma fled the city on December 7, and the International [Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone|International Committee] took over as the de facto government of Nanjing.
He died in Taipei at age 91.