Chen Li-an (; born 22 June 1937 in

Qingtian Qingtian (), is a county in southeastern Zhejiang Province, on the middle-lower reaches of the Ou River which flows 388 kilometers (241 mi) before finally reaching the city of Wenzhou and emptying into the East China Sea. The county is known ...

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

), sometimes spelled Chen Lu-an, is an electrical engineer, mathematician and former

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

ese politician. He was the

President of the Control Yuan This is a list of presidents of the Control Yuan of the Republic of China. List Before the Constitution of the Republic of China, 1947 Constitution During the Nationalist government era, the President of Control Yuan was appointed by th ...

from 1993 to 1995. While he still considered the Kuomintang a "rotten party", Chen endorsed the KMT candidate Lien Chan in the

2000 ROC presidential election Presidential elections were held on 18 March 2000 to elect the president and vice president of Taiwan. With a voter turnout of 82.69%, Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) were elected president and vice presi ...

, believing that Lien was unlike the rest of the Kuomintang. In January 2001, Chen re-joined the Kuomintang, because he thought both the party and Taiwan needed him.

References

, - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Li-an 1937 births Living people Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University alumni Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences alumni Politicians from Lishui Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Tibetan Buddhists from Taiwan Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Taiwanese Presidents of the Control Yuan Taiwanese Ministers of Economic Affairs Taiwanese Ministers of National Defense Independent presidential candidates of Taiwan Taiwanese people from Zhejiang Ministers of Science and Technology of the Republic of China People from Qingtian County Presidents of universities and colleges in Taiwan

See also

References