Chiang Wan-an

Wayne Chiang or Chiang Wan-an (Chinese: 蔣萬安; pinyin: Jiǎng Wàn'ān; Wade–Giles: Chiang3 Wan4-an1); born 26 December 1978, formerly surnamed Chang (章; Zhāng), is a Taiwanese politician. He is the son of John Chiang. Chiang Wan-an worked as a business lawyer in the United States prior to begin a political career in Taiwan.

Wayne Chiang
Chiang Wan-an
蔣萬安

MLY
Chiang in June 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2016
Preceded byLo Shu-lei
ConstituencyTaipei III
Personal details
BornChang Wan-an
(1978-12-26) 26 December 1978
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China (Taiwan)
Political partyKuomintang
Spouse(s)
Shih Fang-ken
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(m. 2009)​
ChildrenChiang Te-li (2011)
ParentsJohn Chiang
Helen Huang
Alma materNational Chengchi University
University of Pennsylvania Law School
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蔣萬安
Simplified Chinese蒋万安
Original Name
Traditional Chinese章萬安
Simplified Chinese章万安

Early life

Born Wayne Chang (章萬安) on 26 December 1978, he is the only son to his parents John Chiang and Helen Huang. He has two elder sisters.

He was unaware of his relation to Chiang Kai-shek until high school, when his father told Chiang and his siblings in a late-night talk. 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 international relations 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]

Personal life

Chiang met his future wife, Shih Fang-ken, while both were students at National Chengchi University.[13] They dated for ten years and married on 23 May 2009. Their first child, a son named Chiang Te-li, was born in June 2011.[14][15]

References
  1. 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. 蒋介石重孙蒋万安大婚 Retrieved 2016-09-11
  14. 蒋家第五代添男丁 蒋孝严儿媳石舫亘顺利产子 Retrieved 2016-09-11
  15. 蒋家第五代金孙曝光 蒋万安带儿子来游行 Retrieved 2016-09-11

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