Johnny Chiang

Johnny Chiang
Chiang Chi-chen
江啟臣
Official portrait, 2024
16th Vice President of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2024
PresidentHan Kuo-yu
Preceded byTsai Chi-chang
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2012
Preceded byShyu Jong-shyong (Taichung County 4th district)
ConstituencyTaichung VIII
10th Chairman of the Kuomintang
In office
9 March 2020 – 5 October 2021
Secretary GeneralWilliam Tseng
Lee Chien-lung
Preceded byLin Rong-te (acting)
Succeeded byEric Chu
Minority Leader of the Legislative Yuan
In office
14 June 2018 – 1 February 2019
SpeakerSu Jia-chyuan
Preceded byLin Te-fu
Succeeded byWilliam Tseng
27th Director-General of the Government Information Office
In office
24 December 2010 – 1 May 2011
Prime MinisterWu Den-yih
Preceded bySu Jun-pin [zh]
Succeeded byPhilip Yang [zh]
Personal details
Born (1972-03-02) 2 March 1972 (age 52)
Fengyuan, Taichung County (now Fengyuan District, Taichung), Taiwan
Political partyKuomintang
SpouseLiu Tzu-ling
Children2
EducationNational 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.

  1. ^ 立法院 (23 July 2013). "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 1 February 2024.