Lien Chan Politician

Lien Chan (Chinese: 連戰; pinyin: Lián Zhàn; born August 27, 1936, in Xi'an, China) is a politician in Taiwan. He was Premier of the Republic of China from 1993 to 1997, Vice President of the Republic of China from 1996 to 2000, and was the Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 2000 to 2005. Upon his retirement as chairman in August 2005, he was given the title Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang.

Personal facts

Lien Chan
Birth dateAugust 27, 1936
Birth place
Taiwan , Shaanxi , Xi'an , Republic of China (1912–49)
Education
University of Chicago
National Taiwan University

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Office holder

deputy
election majority
23
50
office
Vice President of the Republic of China
Premier of the Republic of China
Vice Premier of the Republic of China
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China
Minister of Transportation and Communications of the Republic of China
Chairman of Kuomintang
Chairman of the Provincial Government of Taiwan Province
Candidate of the 2000 Republic of China Presidential Election
Candidate of the 2004 Republic of China Presidential Election
party
Kuomintang
president
relation
Sean Lien
successor
Frederick Chien
Shih Chi-yang
Kuo Nan-hung

Lien Chan on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.kmt.org.tw