Johnny Chiang

Johnny Chiang
Chiang Chi-chen
MLY
江啟臣
Chiang in June 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2012
Preceded by Shyu Jong-shyong (Taichung County 4th district)
Constituency Taichung 8th
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office
24 December 2010 – 1 May 2011
Preceded by Su Jun-pin
Succeeded by Philip Yang
Personal details
Born (1972-03-02) 2 March 1972
Fengyuan, Taichung County, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwanese
Political party Kuomintang
Alma mater National Chengchi University
University of Pittsburgh
University of South Carolina
Occupation Politician

Johnny Chiang (Chinese: 江啟臣; born 2 March 1972) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the penultimate minister 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.

Early career

Born in 1972, Chiang attended primary and secondary school in his hometown of Taichung before studying diplomacy at National Chengchi University. He earned a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh, followed by a doctorate at the University of South Carolina, both in the United States. He then taught at Soochow University, and worked in multiple positions at the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research.[1][2][3]

Political career

He was named the head of the Government Information Office in 2010.[2] When Chiang was selected as a Kuomintang candidate for the legislature in April 2011,[4] he resigned the GIO position and was replaced by Philip Yang.[5] Chiang was one of five former GIO officials to appear on the ballot.[6] 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.[7] He shared foreign and national defense committee convener duties with Liu Shih-fang in 2016.[8] Chiang announced his intention to contest the Taichung mayoralty in October 2017, becoming the second Kuomintang politician after Lu Shiow-yen to delcare interest in the position.[9] 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.[10]

Personal

Chiang is married to the daughter of former legislator Liu Shen-liang, with whom he has two children.[2] One of his uncles is Antonio Chiang, a former National Security Council secretary-general.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Chiang Chi-Chen (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Shih, Hsiu-chuan (21 February 2010). "Johnny Chiang to join Cabinet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Huang, Jewel (8 November 2006). "China hinders Taiwan's participation in meeting". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Mo, Yan-chih (21 April 2011). "KMT announces first-round legislative nomination list for upcoming elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Yang to take over as boss of gov't information office". China Post. Central News Agency. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "KMT, DPP to field 5 former gov't spokesmen in legislative elections". China Post. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Loa, Lok-sin (27 March 2015). "New committee chooses five conveners". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (3 March 2016). "Blunder gives KMT seven legislative convener seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Chao, Li-yen (31 October 2017). "KMT's Chiang Chi-chen to run for Taichung mayor". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  10. ↑ Hsu, Stacy (10 February 2018). "Lu edges Chiang for KMT's Taichung nomination". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Mo, Yan-chih (6 November 2011). "Ma opens Taichung campaign HQs". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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