Chiang Pin-kung

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Chiang Pin-kung
江丙坤
Vice Chairman of Kuomintang
In office 30 March 2000 – 19 September 2012
Chairperson	Lien Chan Ma Ying-jeou Wu Po-hsiung
Vice President of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2002 – 31 January 2005
President	Wang Jin-pyng
Preceded by	Yao Eng-chi
Succeeded by	David Chung
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2002 – 31 January 2008
Constituency	Republic of China
Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development
In office 8 June 1996 – 20 May 2000
Preceded by	Hsu Li-teh
Succeeded by	Chen Po-chih
Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China
In office 27 February 1993 – 8 June 1996
Preceded by	Vincent Siew
Succeeded by	Wang Chih-kang
Personal details
Born	(1932-12-16)16 December 1932 Nantō District, Taichū Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan
Died	10 December 2018(2018-12-10) (aged 85) Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Alma mater	National Taipei University

Chiang Pin-kung (Chinese: 江丙坤; pinyin: Jiāng Bǐngkūn; 16 December 1932 – 10 December 2018) was a Taiwanese politician. He led the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 1993 to 1996, when he was named Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, where he served until 2000. Chiang was subsequently elected to consecutive terms on the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008. During his first term as a legislator, Chiang was Vice President of the Legislative Yuan. He was Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation from 2008 to 2012.

Biography

Chiang received his

from 1983 to 1988, and Director-General of the BOFT from 1988 to 1989.

At the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chiang served as Administrative Vice Minister from 1989 to 1990, Political Vice Minister from 1990 to 1993, and Minister from 1993 to 1996. From 1996 to 2000 he was Chairman of the

.

Family

Chiang was born in Nantō District, Taichū Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan. He is married to Mei-Fuey Chen with two sons and one daughter.

Political career

Chiang was

as vice premier, but talks fell apart between the KMT and the administration over Chiang's specific responsibilities for the post.

In March 2005, Chiang led the KMT's first

three links

and economic development.

On 14 March 2007, Chiang became acting chairman of the KMT after Wu Po-hsiung, who had been acting chairman since Ma Ying-jeou's resignation earlier in the year, resigned the acting chairmanship so that he could run for chairman in the upcoming party election.

Straits Exchange Foundation

Following the

. This made him responsible for the front line negotiations with the PRC government. He stepped down from this position in 2012.

Death

Chiang collapsed at a restaurant on 8 December 2018, and was subsequently sent to hospital.^[1][2] He died of multiple organ failure at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei on 10 December 2018.^[3]

Honours

• Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star (2015)

References

Government offices
Preceded by Vincent Siew	Economic Affairs Minister of the Republic of China 1993–1996	Succeeded by Wang Chih-kang
Preceded by Hung Chi-chang	Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation 2008–2012	Succeeded by Lin Join-sane
Party political offices
Preceded by Wu Po-hsiung (acting)	Chairman of the Kuomintang (acting) 2007	Succeeded by Wu Po-hsiung