Johnny Chiang

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Chiang (江).
William Tseng
27th Director-General of the Government Information Office
In office
24 December 2010 – 1 May 2011
Prime MinisterWu Den-yih
Preceded bySu Jun-pin
Succeeded byPhilip Yang
Personal details
Born (1972-03-02) 2 March 1972 (age 52)
Fengyuan, Taichung County (now Fengyuan District, Taichung), Taiwan
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyKuomintang
SpouseLiu Tzu-ling
Children2
EducationDoctorate
Alma materNational Chengchi University
University of Pittsburgh
University of South Carolina
OccupationPolitician

Johnny Chiang Chi-chen (Chinese: 江啟臣; pinyin: Jiāng Qǐchén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang Khé-sîn; born 2 March 1972) is a Taiwanese politician and former international political economy scholar who is currently the vice president of the Legislative Yuan.

Chiang served as an associate professor in

Soochow University before his political career. He was the penultimate Director-General of the Government Information Office from 2010 to 2011, a post he resigned to become a member of the Legislative Yuan in which he has served since 2012. In March 2020, he was elected the Chairman of the Kuomintang and assumed office on 9 March until he was succeeded by Eric Chu
on 5 October 2021. Chiang took office as vice president of the Legislative Yuan on 1 February 2024.

Early education

Chiang was born on 2 March 1972. He attended elementary and junior high school in his hometown of Taichung before studying diplomacy at National Chengchi University.[2]

He served in the 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion during his compulsory military service. He was honorably discharged from the Army's special force with the rank of corporal.

He earned a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh,[3] followed by a doctorate at the University of South Carolina, both in the United States of America. His doctoral dissertation was "Globalization and The Role of the State in Contemporary Political Economy: Taiwan and India in the 1980s and 1990s".[4]

Academic career

Then, he taught at the Department of

Soochow University as a full-time associate professor,[5] and worked in multiple positions at the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research.[6][7]

Political career

He was named the head of the

2020 Kuomintang chairmanship election on 25 January 2020, ten days after Wu Den-yih resigned the position.[15] Chiang defeated Hau Lung-pin in the leadership election, held on 7 March 2020.[16][17] Chiang took office as Kuomintang chairman on 9 March 2020.[18][19]

In March 2021, KMT chairman Johnny Chiang rejected the "

protests in Hong Kong as well as the value that Taiwanese place in political freedoms.[20] In September of that year, Chiang lost his bid to retain the chairmanship, finishing third behind Eric Chu and Chang Ya-chung
.

Chang won his fourth consecutive legislative term in 2024, and was subsequently elected Vice President of the 11th Legislative Yuan.[21][22]

Election for 11th Legislative Yuan Vice-President
Candidate Party First Round Votes Second Round Votes Elected
Johnny Chiang Kuomintang 54 54
Tsai Chi-chang Democratic Progressive Party 51 51
Chang Chi-kai Taiwan People's Party 8 —
Invalid Votes 0 0
Abstain 0 8

Personal

Chiang is of Hakka descent from Teochew people.[23] He is married to the daughter of former legislator Liu Shen-liang, with whom he has two children.[6] One of his uncles is Antonio Chiang [zh], a former National Security Council secretary-general.[24]

References

  1. ^ 立法院 (23 July 2013). "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Chiang Chi-chen (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Chiang Chi-chen (9)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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  5. ^ "Chiang Chi-chen (10)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Shih, Hsiu-chuan (21 February 2010). "Johnny Chiang to join Cabinet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. ^ Huang, Jewel (8 November 2006). "China hinders Taiwan's participation in meeting". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  8. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (21 April 2011). "KMT announces first-round legislative nomination list for upcoming elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  9. ^ Hsieh, C. C.; Wang, Flor (30 April 2011). "New government spokesman appointed". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  10. ^ "KMT, DPP to field 5 former gov't spokesmen in legislative elections". China Post. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  11. ^ Loa, Lok-sin (27 March 2015). "New committee chooses five conveners". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  12. ^ Hsiao, Alison (3 March 2016). "Blunder gives KMT seven legislative convener seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  13. ^ Chao, Li-yen (31 October 2017). "KMT's Chiang Chi-chen to run for Taichung mayor". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  14. ^ Hsu, Stacy (10 February 2018). "Lu edges Chiang for KMT's Taichung nomination". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  15. ^ Lin, Sean (26 January 2020). "KMT Legislator Johnny Chiang enters chair race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  16. ^ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Chen, Yun; Chung, Jake (8 March 2020). "Johnny Chiang sweeps KMT vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  17. ^ Lim, Emerson (7 March 2020). "Legislator Chiang Chi-chen elected KMT chairman". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  18. ^ Strong, Matthew (7 March 2020). "Taiwan opposition KMT elects reformist leader". Taiwan News. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  19. ^ Liu, Kuan-ting; Hsu, Elizabeth (9 March 2020). "New KMT chair sworn in, vows to promote 'collective leadership'". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  20. ^ Blanchard, Ben; Lee, Yimou. "Taiwan opposition chief in no rush for China meeting". Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  21. ^ Hsiao, Alison (1 February 2024). "KMT wins speakership, deputy speakership in newly sworn-in Legislature". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  22. ^ Shan, Shelley (2 February 2024). "KMT's Han Kuo-yu elected legislative speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  23. ^ Brown, David G. (15 September 2021). "Pay Attention to the KMT's Chair Election". The Diplomat. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  24. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (6 November 2011). "Ma opens Taichung campaign HQs". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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