11th Minister of Transportation and Communications
In office 1 December 1981 – 23 April 1987
Premier
Sun Yun-suan
Yu Kuo-hwa
Preceded by
Lin Chin-sheng
Succeeded by
Kuo Nan-hong [zh]
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
(1936-08-27) 27 August 1936 (age 87) Xi'an, Shaanxi, Republic of China
Political party
Kuomintang
Spouse
Fang Yu
(m. 1965)
Relations
Sean Lien (Son), Arlene Lien (Daughter)
Education
National Taiwan University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA, PhD)
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.
LienChan (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...
LienChan, leading to the victory of DPP candidate Chen Shui-bian. In the 2004 presidential election, he ran as vice president on the ticket of Lien Chan;...
opposition ticket of Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman LienChan and People First Party Chairman James Soong. Lien and Soong refused to concede and unsuccessfully...
as a result of the 2000 presidential election. Upset at the choice of LienChan as the party's presidential nominee, former party Secretary-General James...
democratic system. The nominees included the then-current vice president LienChan for the KMT, former provincial governor James Soong as an independent...
Lien Fang Yu (Chinese: 連方瑀; pinyin: Lián Fāng Yǔ) born 14 April 1943 as Fang Yu (方瑀; Fāng Yǔ), is the wife of LienChan, chairman of the Kuomintang party...
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Annette Lu Hsiu-lien (Chinese: 呂秀蓮; pinyin: Lǚ Xiùlián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lū Siù-liân; born 7 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. A feminist active in the...
chose LienChan, who had attempted to resign his position as Premier of the Republic of China to join Lee's ticket. Lee did not accept Lien's resignation...
as a result of the 2000 Presidential election. Upset at the choice of LienChan as the party's presidential nominee, former party Secretary-General James...
other leaders and spouses. Former Vice President of the Republic of China LienChan represented the Republic of China (Taiwan) at the APEC summit. He served...
Corporation, the company which operates EasyCard. Sean Lien is the eldest son of Lien Fang Yu and LienChan, who served as the Chairman of the Kuomintang party...
Twice. Lien Heng (連橫) (1878–1936), historian, writer of The General History of Taiwan, grandfather of former presidential candidate LienChan. En-Yu Lin...
mainlander faction in the party. The subsequent appointment of premier LienChan was taken as a sign of Lee's consolidation of power. Moreover, during...
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