Johnny Chiang Chiang Chi-chen | |
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江啟臣 | |
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 | Fengyuan, Taichung County (now Fengyuan District, Taichung), Taiwan | 2 March 1972
Political party | Kuomintang |
Spouse | Liu Tzu-ling |
Children | 2 |
Education | National Chengchi University (BA) University of Pittsburgh (MA) University of South Carolina (PhD) |
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.
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.