Yen Chia-kan
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C. K. Yen Yen Chia-kan | |
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嚴家淦 | |
Vocational Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen of the Republic of China | |
In office 1 November 1954 – 24 April 1956 | |
Premier | Yu Hung-Chun |
Member of Parliament for Taipei | |
In office 1950-1992 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 October 1905 Republic of China |
Political party | Kuomintang |
Spouse | Liu Chi-chun |
Alma mater | St. John's University, Shanghai |
Yen Chia-kan | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Yán Jiāgàn |
Wade–Giles | Yen2 Chia1-kän4 |
Wu | |
Romanization | nyie cia/ka koe |
Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Giâm Ka-kàm |
Yen Chia-kan (Chinese: 嚴家淦; pinyin: Yán Jiāgàn; Wade–Giles: Yen2 Chia1-kän4; 23 October 1905 – 24 December 1993), also known as C. K. Yen, was a Chinese chemist and Kuomintang politician. He succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as the 2nd president of the Republic of China on 5 April 1975,[2] being sworn in on 6 April 1975,[3][4] and served out the remainder of Chiang's term until 20 May 1978.
Early life
He was born in
Political career
In 1931, Yen began serving as a manager of the
When he arrived in Taiwan in October 1945, Yen was appointed transportation director for the
In 1966 the
Yen became the
Yen served as chairman of the Council on Chinese Cultural Renaissance during his presidency.[20] Though he wished to resign after leaving the presidency, the organization's bylaws were amended so that Yen could retain the post.[20] He was also chairman of the board of the National Palace Museum until 1991.
Death
Yen had been bedridden since a brain hemorrhage in 1986. He suffered a second brain hemorrhage in 1992 and died at the
See also
- History of the Republic of China
- Politics of the Republic of China
References
- ^ Taiwan
- ^ 第5任 嚴總統家淦先生. 中華民國總統府 Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
64年04月05日 蔣中正總統逝世,依憲法規定繼任第五任總統。
- ^ "Chiang Kai-shek (1st - 5th terms)". Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
1975-04-06 Sworn in as President in accordance with Constitution upon death of President Chiang Kai-shek.
- ^ A Pictorial History of the Republic of China : Its Founding and Development. Vol. 2. Taipei: Modern China Press. 1981. p. 561 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ By Sun Zhongwang, "Yan Family, Dongting Dongshan Anrenli (孙中旺,《洞庭東山安仁里严氏》) Archived 2010-02-21 at the Wayback Machine The Office of Suzhou History (苏州地方志). Yan Jiachi, an important politician in the Reformed Government of the Republic of China and the Wang Jingwei regime (Republic of China-Nanjing) also came of this family.
- ^ a b c d "President C. K. Yen carries on". Free China Review. 1 June 1975. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Han Cheung (31 May 2019). "Taiwan in Time: The (often) forgotten president". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan)". english.president.gov.tw.
- ^ "Yen Chia-kan", in Heads of States and Governments Since 1945, by Harris M. Lentz, (Routledge, 2014) p173
- ^ "Yen Assumes Premiership", Bridgeport (CT) Post, December 16, 1963, p10
- ^ "Documents: President Chiang Kai-shek's Inaugural Speech". Free China Review. 1 June 1966. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Documents: President Chiang Kai-shek's inaugural address". Free China Review. 1 June 1972. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Vice President Yen in America". Free China Review. 1 June 1967. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ David P. Nickles, ed. (2007). Memorandum of Conversation. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976. Vol. 18 – via Office of the Historian.
- ^ "The month in Free China". Free China Review. 1 February 1975. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "嚴家淦檔案 防禦飛彈長安計畫解密曝光 | 政治 | 中央社 CNA". 2018-06-23. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ^ News, Taiwan (2018-06-16). "Declassified archives show Taiwan's missile project in the '70s | Taiwan News | 2018-06-16 15:40:00". Taiwan News. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Han Cheung (4 July 2021). "Taiwan in Time: The last great friend". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ 國際化,雙語編排,文化整合,全球華人的雜誌, 台灣光華雜誌 Taiwan Panorama |. "嚴總統訪沙 - 台灣光華雜誌". 台灣光華雜誌 Taiwan Panorama | 國際化,雙語編排,文化整合,全球華人的雜誌 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Ex-President Yen keeps cultural post". Free China Review. 1 September 1978. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Yen Chia-kan Dead at 88, Succeeded Chiang Kai-shek as President". Associated Press News. 19 January 1994. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "C. K. Yen, 90, Is Dead; Ex-Leader of Taiwan". New York Times. 19 January 1994. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Chang, Yun-ping; Chuang, Jimmy (9 July 2004). "Generalissimo to be buried in Taiwan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 August 2022.