Lien Chan | |
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連戰 | |
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| 7th Vice President of the Republic of China | |
| In office 20 May 1996 – 20 May 2000 | |
| President | Lee Teng-hui |
| Preceded by | Lee Yuan-tsu |
| Succeeded by | Annette Lu |
| Premier of the Republic of China | |
| In office 27 February 1993 – 31 August 1997 | |
| President | Lee Teng-hui |
| Vice Premier | Hsu Li-teh |
| Preceded by | Hau Pei-tsun |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Siew |
| 3rd Chairman of the Kuomintang | |
| In office 24 March 2000 – 19 August 2005 | |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Lee Teng-hui |
| Succeeded by | Ma Ying-jeou |
| Governor of Taiwan Province | |
| In office 16 June 1990 – 25 February 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Chiu Chuang-huan |
| Succeeded by | James Soong |
| 10th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 20 July 1988 – 1 June 1990 | |
| Premier | |
| Preceded by | Ting Mao-shih |
| Succeeded by | Fredrick Chien |
| Vice Premier of the Republic of China | |
| In office 1 May 1987 – 22 July 1988 | |
| Premier | Yu Kuo-hwa |
| Preceded by | Lin Yang-kang |
| Succeeded by | Shih Chi-yang |
| 11th Minister of Transportation and Communications | |
| In office 1 December 1981 – 23 April 1987 | |
| Premier | |
| Preceded by | Lin Chin-sheng |
| Succeeded by | Kuo Nan-hong |
| Chair of National Youth Commission | |
| In office 1 August 1978 – 30 November 1981 | |
| Premier | Sun Yun-suan |
| Preceded by | Wang Wei-nong |
| Succeeded by | Kao Ming-hui |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 August 1936 Xi'an, Shaanxi, Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Sean Lien (Son), Arlene Lien (Daughter) |
| Education | |
Lien Chan (Chinese: 連戰; pinyin: Lián Zhàn; Wade–Giles: Lien² Chan⁴; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liân Chiàn; born 27 August 1936) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government from 1990 to 1993, 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, apart from various ministerial posts he had also held.
Lien ran for the President of the Republic of China on behalf of the Kuomintang twice in 2000 and 2004, but both lost to Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party. Upon his retirement as KMT Chairman in August 2005, he was given the title Honorary Chairman of KMT. He is highly credited after holding a groundbreaking visit to Mainland China in his capacity as the Chairman of the Kuomintang to meet with the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao on 29 April 2005, the first meeting between the two party leaders after the end of Chinese Civil War in 1949, which subsequently helped thaw the long-stalled cross-strait relations.[1]
- ^ "Lien Chan embarks on China visit". Taipei Times. February 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.