Shen Chang-huan

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Shen Chang-huan
沈昌煥
Republic of China
In office
1953–1959
MinisterGeorge Yeh
Huang Shao-ku
Personal details
Born16 October 1913
Republic of China
Political partyKuomintang
RelativesLai Man-Wai (father-in-law)
EducationMaster's degree
Alma materYenching University
University of Michigan

Shen Chang-huan (Chinese: 沈昌煥; pinyin: Shěn Chānghuàn; 16 October 1913 – 2 July 1998) was a Taiwanese politician and diplomat. He is the longest-serving Minister of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan's history, in office for a cumulative total of over twelve years from 1960 to 1966 and from 1972 to 1978.

Shen was born in

retreat to Taiwan. During a lengthy career in foreign affairs, he served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (1953–1959), Ambassador to Spain (1959–1960), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1960–1966), Ambassador to the Holy See (1966–1969), Ambassador to Thailand (1969–1972), and Minister of Foreign Affairs again (1972–1978). His second term as foreign minister was served under Chiang Ching-kuo, the son of Chiang Kai-shek.[2]

His strong anticommunist convictions, his determination not to deviate from the one China position in the ROC's diplomatic relations, and the high value he placed on maintaining as close relations as possible with the United States coincided closely with the views of his leader [Chiang Ching-kuo].[2]

— Ralph N. Clough, Chiang Ching-kuo's Leadership in the Development of the Republic of China on Taiwan (1993)

Personal life

Shen's wife was the oldest daughter of Japanese-born Hong Kong filmmaker

Lai Man-wai. This relationship indirectedly caused the suicide of Lai Man-wai's actor son Lai Hang in mainland China.[citation needed
]

References

  1. ISBN 9780819189042
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  2. ^ a b Clough (1993), p. 135.
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