Johnny Chiang Chi-chen (Chinese: 江啟臣; pinyin: Jiāng Qǐchén; Wade–Giles: Chiang1 Chʻi3-chʻên; 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.
Johnny Chiang Chiang Chi-chen | |
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江啟臣 | |
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| 16th Vice President of the Legislative Yuan | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2024 | |
| President | Han Kuo-yu |
| Preceded by | Tsai Chi-chang |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Shyu Jong-shyong (Taichung County 4th district) |
| Constituency | Taichung VIII |
| 10th Chairman of the Kuomintang | |
| In office 9 March 2020 – 5 October 2021 | |
| Secretary General | William Tseng Lee Chien-lung |
| Preceded by | Lin Rong-te (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Eric Chu |
| Minority Leader of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 14 June 2018 – 1 February 2019 | |
| Speaker | Su Jia-chyuan |
| Preceded by | Lin Te-fu |
| Succeeded by | William Tseng |
| 27th Director-General of the Government Information Office | |
| In office 24 December 2010 – 1 May 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Wu Den-yih |
| Preceded by | Su Jun-pin |
| Succeeded by | Philip Yang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 March 1972 Fengyuan, Taichung County (now Fengyuan District, Taichung), Taiwan |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Spouse | Liu Tzu-ling |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | National Chengchi University (BA) University of Pittsburgh (MA) University of South Carolina (PhD) |
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
editChiang 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
editThen, he taught at the Department of Political Science 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
editHe was named the head of the Government Information Office in 2010.[6] When Chiang was selected as a Kuomintang candidate for the legislature in April 2011,[8] he resigned the GIO position and was replaced by Philip Yang.[9] Chiang was one of five former GIO officials to appear on the ballot.[10] He won election in 2012, and again in 2016. Chiang was chosen as one of five conveners of the Legislative Yuan's constitutional amendment committee in 2015.[11] He shared foreign and national defense committee convener duties with Liu Shih-fang in 2016.[12] Chiang announced his intention to contest the Taichung mayoralty in October 2017, becoming the second Kuomintang politician after Lu Shiow-yen to declare interest in the position.[13] It was reported in February 2018 that Chiang had narrowly finished second to Lu in three different public opinion polls that served as the Kuomintang's Taichung mayoral primary.[14] Chiang declared his candidacy for 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 "one country, two systems" as a feasible model for Taiwan, citing Beijing's response to 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]
| Candidate | Party | First Round Votes | Second Round Votes | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Chiang | Kuomintang | 54 | 54 | 
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| Tsai Chi-chang | Democratic Progressive Party | 51 | 51 | |
| Chang Chi-kai | Taiwan People's Party | 8 | — | |
| Invalid Votes | 0 | 0 | ||
| Abstain | 0 | 8 | ||
Personal life
editChiang 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, a former National Security Council secretary-general.[24]
References
edit- ^ 立法院 (23 July 2013). "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Chiang Chi-chen (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Chiang Chi-chen (9)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Chiang, Chi-chen (2002). Globalization and the role of the state in contemporary political economy: Taiwan and India in the 1980s and 1990s (PhD thesis). University of South Carolina. ProQuest 3059424.
- ^ "Chiang Chi-chen (10)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Shih, Hsiu-chuan (21 February 2010). "Johnny Chiang to join Cabinet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Huang, Jewel (8 November 2006). "China hinders Taiwan's participation in meeting". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Mo, Yan-chih (21 April 2011). "KMT announces first-round legislative nomination list for upcoming elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Hsieh, C. C.; Wang, Flor (30 April 2011). "New government spokesman appointed". Central News Agency. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "KMT, DPP to field 5 former gov't spokesmen in legislative elections". China Post. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Loa, Lok-sin (27 March 2015). "New committee chooses five conveners". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Hsiao, Alison (3 March 2016). "Blunder gives KMT seven legislative convener seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Chao, Li-yen (31 October 2017). "KMT's Chiang Chi-chen to run for Taichung mayor". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Hsu, Stacy (10 February 2018). "Lu edges Chiang for KMT's Taichung nomination". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Lin, Sean (26 January 2020). "KMT Legislator Johnny Chiang enters chair race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Chen, Yun; Chung, Jake (8 March 2020). "Johnny Chiang sweeps KMT vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Lim, Emerson (7 March 2020). "Legislator Chiang Chi-chen elected KMT chairman". Central News Agency. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Strong, Matthew (7 March 2020). "Taiwan opposition KMT elects reformist leader". Taiwan News. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Blanchard, Ben; Lee, Yimou. "Taiwan opposition chief in no rush for China meeting". Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ Hsiao, Alison (1 February 2024). "KMT wins speakership, deputy speakership in newly sworn-in Legislature". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Shan, Shelley (2 February 2024). "KMT's Han Kuo-yu elected legislative speaker". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Brown, David G. (15 September 2021). "Pay Attention to the KMT's Chair Election". The Diplomat. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ Mo, Yan-chih (6 November 2011). "Ma opens Taichung campaign HQs". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
