Lien Chan

Lien Chan
連戰
7th Vice President of the Republic of China
In office
20 May 1996 – 20 May 2000
PresidentLee Teng-hui
Preceded byLee Yuan-tsu
Succeeded byAnnette Lu
Premier of the Republic of China
In office
27 February 1993 – 31 August 1997
PresidentLee Teng-hui
Vice PremierHsu Li-teh
Preceded byHau Pei-tsun
Succeeded byVincent Siew
3rd Chairman of the Kuomintang
In office
24 March 2000 – 19 August 2005
Deputy
Preceded byLee Teng-hui
Succeeded byMa Ying-jeou
Governor of Taiwan Province
In office
16 June 1990 – 25 February 1993
Preceded byChiu Chuang-huan
Succeeded byJames Soong
10th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
20 July 1988 – 1 June 1990
Premier
Preceded byTing Mao-shih
Succeeded byFredrick Chien
Vice Premier of the Republic of China
In office
1 May 1987 – 22 July 1988
PremierYu Kuo-hwa
Preceded byLin Yang-kang
Succeeded byShih Chi-yang
11th Minister of Transportation and Communications
In office
1 December 1981 – 23 April 1987
Premier
Preceded byLin Chin-sheng
Succeeded byKuo Nan-hong [zh]
Chair of National Youth Commission
In office
1 August 1978 – 30 November 1981
PremierSun Yun-suan
Preceded byWang Wei-nong
Succeeded byKao Ming-hui
Personal details
Born (1936-08-27) 27 August 1936 (age 88)
Xi'an, Shaanxi, Republic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Spouse
(m. 1965)
RelationsSean 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]

  1. ^ "Lien Chan embarks on China visit". Taipei Times. February 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.