Please answer the following question: Facts:   - death place: nanking , republic of china    - order: president of the republic of china    - successor: chiang kai-shek    - party: 24px kuomintang    - death date: 22 september 1930    - predecessor: zhang zuolin      - term end: 10 october 1928    - term start: 7 february 1928    - birth date: 25 january 1880    - name: tan yankai 譚延闓    - image: tan yankai.jpg    - birth place: zhuzhou , qing dynasty   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tan yankai .
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tan yankai -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- january 25 , 1880 -- september 22 , 1930 -rrb- was a chinese politician from hunan .