Chiang Hsiao-wu (; also known as Alex Chiang; April 25, 1945 - July 1, 1991) was the second son of
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China after its retreat to Taiwan. The eldest and only biological son of former president Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government ...
, the President of the
Republic of China
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in
Taiwan
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from 1978 to 1988. His mother is Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva, also known as
Chiang Fang-liang. He had one older brother,
Hsiao-wen, one older sister,
Hsiao-chang, and one younger brother,
Hsiao-yung. He also had two
half-brother
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While some circumstances can cause siblings to be raised separa ...
s,
Winston Chang
Winston Hsiao-tzu Chang (; 1 March 1942 - 24 February 1996) was a president of Soochow University in Taipei.
Biography
He and his identical twin brother, John Chang, were born the sons of Chiang Ching-kuo and Chang Ya-juo maybe at what is now ...
and
John Chiang, with whom he shared the same father.
He was president of the state-run
Broadcasting Corporation of China
The Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC) is a broadcasting company in the Republic of China (also known as Taiwan). It was founded as the Central Broadcasting System in Nanjing in 1928.
History
The Central Broadcasting System is consider ...
from 1980 to 1986, and later headed the Republic of China mission to Singapore for two years, starting in April 1986 as the deputy trade representative
before being transferred to the mission to Japan in 1990.
In a December 1985 speech, Hsiao-wu's father Chiang Ching-kuo declared ″If someone asks me whether anyone in my family would run for the next presidential term, my reply is, ′It can't be and it won't be.′″
Prior to the speech, Chiang Hsiao-wu was the only one of Chiang Ching-kuo's sons mentioned as a potential successor.
He died at the age of 46, on July 1, 1991, at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan as a result of
congestive heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome, a group of signs and symptoms caused by an impairment of the heart's blood pumping function. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, excessive fatigue, ...
brought on by chronic inflammation of the pancreas.
He was survived by his wife and two children.
References
1945 births
1991 deaths
Chiang Kai-shek family
Republic of China politicians from Chongqing
Taiwanese people of Belarusian descent
Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan
Taiwanese people from Chongqing
Representatives of Taiwan to Japan
Representatives of Taiwan to Singapore
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