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Chiang Wan-an
蔣萬安
24th Mayor of Taipei
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 December 2022
DeputyLee Shu-chuan
Preceded byKo Wen-je
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2016 – 10 November 2022
Preceded byLo Shu-lei
ConstituencyTaipei III
Personal details
BornChang Wan-an
(1978-12-26) 26 December 1978 (age 46)
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China (Taiwan)
Political partyTemplate:KMT
Spouse
Shih Fang-hsuan
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(m. 2009)​
ChildrenChiang Te-li (b. 2011)
Chiang Te-yu (b. 2021)
Parent(s)John Chiang (father)
Helen Huang (mother)
Alma materNational Chengchi University
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蔣萬安
Simplified Chinese蒋万安
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǎng Wàn'ān
Bopomofoㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄨㄢˋ ㄢ
Wade–GilesChiang³ Wan⁴-an¹
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZoeng2 Maan6-On1
Original Name
Traditional Chinese章萬安
Simplified Chinese章万安
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Wàn'ān
Bopomofoㄓㄤ ㄨㄢˋ ㄢ
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZoeng1 Maan6-On1

Chiang Wan-an (Chinese: 蔣萬安; pinyin: Jiǎng Wàn'ān; Wade–Giles: Chiang3 Wan4-an1; born 26 December 1978), also known as Wayne Chiang, is a Taiwanese politician who is the mayor of Taipei. He is the son of former Vice Premier John Chiang, and is believed to be a great-grandson of former President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek. He is the youngest mayor of Taipei since the appointment of Chang Feng-hsu.

Upon graduation from National Chengchi University and the University of Pennsylvania, Chiang worked as a corporate lawyer in the United States before returning to Taiwan for politics.

Early life

Born Chang Wan-an (Chinese: 章萬安; pinyin: Zhāng Wàn'ān) on 26 December 1978, he is the only son to his parents Chiang Hsiao-yen and Helen Huang (黃美倫; Huáng Měilún). He has two elder sisters.

He was unaware of his relation to Chiang Kai-shek until high school, when his father claimed to be an illegitimate son of Chiang Ching-kuo making Chiang Kai-Shek a great-grandfather of the high schooler. Following the announcement, the family changed their surname from "Chang" to "Chiang".[1][2]

Chiang was a student at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University and Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School. Upon graduation, he attended National Chengchi University where he majored in double bachelor of diplomacy and law.[3]

Upon graduation from National Chengchi University, he worked for the law firm Lee and Li. Later, Chiang became an aide in the National Assembly. He was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2002, and left for the United States.[1] After Chiang earned his J.D. degree, he practiced law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Palo Alto office, a well known corporate law firm in California where his practice area focused on venture capital financing and corporate and security law. After practicing for several years, he founded his own law firm before returning to Taiwan in 2013.[4][5]

Political career

Chiang faced Lo Shu-lei in the first round of the Kuomintang party primary in April 2015.[6] After Lo failed to build a sufficient lead, another primary was called the next month, which Chiang won.[7] He ran as the KMT candidate for Taipei City's third constituency in the 2016 legislative elections and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan.[8] The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office ended an investigation of vote-buying accusations against Chiang in March, but did not charge him with wrongdoing.[9]

In January 2018, Chiang stated that he would not seek to represent the Kuomintang in the Taipei mayoral election scheduled for November.[10] Chiang ran for reelection in 2020, defeating his closest opponent, Democratic Progressive Party candidate Enoch Wu, by six percent of votes, 51–45%.[11][12] In May 2022, the Kuomintang nominated Chiang as its candidate for the Taipei mayoralty in the local elections.[13] On 10 November 2022, Chiang announced he would resign his legislative seat to focus on his mayoral campaign.[14][15] A by-election [zh] for Chiang's legislative constituency was scheduled for 8 January 2023.[16] On 26 November 2022, he was elected as the Mayor of Taipei.[17][18] Upon taking office, Chiang will be the youngest-ever Mayor of Taipei.[19]

2022 Taipei mayoral election

Election result

2022 Taipei mayoral election result[20]
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Kuomintang (KMT) 6 Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) 575,590 42.29%
Democratic Progressive (DPP) 12 Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) 434,558 31.93%
Independent 8 Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊) 342,141 25.14%
Others 8662 0.64%
Total 1,360,951 100.00%
Voter turnout 67.70%

Personal life

Chiang met his future wife, Shih Fang-hsuan (石舫亘), while both were students at National Chengchi University.[21] They dated for ten years and married on 23 May 2009. Their first child, a son named Chiang Te-li (蔣得立), was born in June 2011[22][23] and their second son, Chiang Te-yu (蔣得宇), was born on 23 July 2021.[24]

References

  1. ^ a b Greenberg, Andy (2006). "A Case of Political Descent". Penn Law Journal. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. ^ 蒋万安 "律政男神"从政记 Retrieved 2016-09-11
  3. ^ 蔣家四代在台灣組圖 Retrieved 2016-09-11
  4. ^ Tsai, Ya-hua; Wang, Wen-hsuan; Chen, Wei-han (31 March 2015). "John Chiang's son to run in KMT legislative primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  5. ^ Baum, Julian (13 January 2016). "As Taiwan's ruling KMT party wanes, a familiar name steps out". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016 – via Yahoo! News. Alt URL
  6. ^ Wu, Li-rong; Tseng, Ying-yu; Chen, Ted (19 April 2015). "KMT new blood unnerves incumbent 'Young Turk' in legislative primary". Taipei Times. Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016. Alt URL
  7. ^ Hsiao, Alison (21 May 2015). "Chiang Wan-an wins KMT primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  8. ^ Tang, Sheng-yang; Huang, Frances (16 January 2016). "Chiang Ching-kuo's grandson declares win in legislative race (update)". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  9. ^ Pan, Jason (24 March 2016). "Chiang escapes vote-buying charges". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  10. ^ Lin, Sean (20 January 2018). "Chiang Wan-an opts out of Taipei mayor election". Taipei Times. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  11. ^ Chang, Chi; Liu, Kuan-ting; Mazzatta, Matthew (12 January 2020). "2020 ELECTIONS / Young candidates, underdogs prevail in several legislative races". Central News Agency. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  12. ^ Yeh, Joseph (11 January 2020). "2020 ELECTIONS / DPP retains legislative majority, KMT gains seats". Central News Agency. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  13. ^ Teng, Pei-ju (25 May 2022). "KMT selects Legislator Chiang Wan-an as candidate for Taipei mayor". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 May 2022. Republished as "Chiang Wan-an named as KMT pick for Taipei mayor". Taipei Times. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  14. ^ Lin, Chang-shun; Teng, Pei-ju (10 November 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/Chiang Wan-an resigns as legislator to focus on Taipei mayor race". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  15. ^ Shan, Shelley; Tsai, Ya-hua (11 November 2022). "KMT Taipei mayoral candidate quits legislative post". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  16. ^ Lai, Yu-chen; Lin, Sean (18 November 2022). "Legislative by-election to fill Chiang's slot slated for Jan. 8: CEC". Central News Agency. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Taiwan opposition wins big in local vote as president's China threat bet fails". Reuters. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  18. ^ Hsu, Elizabeth; Lai, Yu-chen; Yu, Matt (26 November 2022). "ELECTIONS 2022/KMT wins big in local elections, taking four special municipalities". Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  19. ^ Lee, I-chia (27 November 2022). "2022 ELECTIONS: Chiang Wan-an claims victory in Taipei election". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Chiang Wan-an wins Taipei for KMT in tight three-way mayoral race".
  21. ^ 蒋介石重孙蒋万安大婚 Retrieved 2016-09-11
  22. ^ 蒋家第五代添男丁 蒋孝严儿媳石舫亘顺利产子 Retrieved 2016-09-11
  23. ^ 蒋家第五代金孙曝光 蒋万安带儿子来游行 Retrieved 2016-09-11
  24. ^ 蔣萬安喜獲二寶　蔣家第五代蔣得宇滿月了！ Retrieved 2021-08-23
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