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Secretary-General To The President, Republic Of China
The secretary-general to the president is the highest-ranking official in the Office of the President, Republic of China, and supervises the staff of the office. The current secretary-general is Pan Men-an Pan Men-an (; born 15 August 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the magistrate of Pingtung County from 25 December 2014 to 25 December 2022. He joined the campaign team of the 2024 presidential candidate of Democratic Progressive Party, a .... Duties According to Article 9 of the Office of the President Organization Act, "The Office of the President shall have one secretary-general to the president. The secretary-general shall be a special-grade political appointee and shall, under the direction of the president, take overall charge of the affairs of the Office of the President and direct and supervise all staff." Deputy secretaries-general The secretary-general is assisted by two deputy secretaries-general. The current deputy secretaries-general are Ho Chih-wei an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Men-an
Pan Men-an (; born 15 August 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the magistrate of Pingtung County from 25 December 2014 to 25 December 2022. He joined the campaign team of the 2024 presidential candidate of Democratic Progressive Party, and assumed the role as the Secretary-General to the President in May 2023. Early life and education Pan was born to a fishermen's family. He was educated at I-Shou University, National Sun Yat-sen University, and graduated from the graduate institute of continuing education at National Kaohsiung Normal University. He also earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Career life Pingtung County Council Pan became the member of Pingtung County Council on 1 March 1998 and served two terms until 28 February 2006. Legislative Yuan Pan was elected as the member of Legislative Yuan after the 2004 Republic of China legislative election held on 11 December 2004 and served from 1 February 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiang Yen-si
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Chiang may mean: * Chiang, a variant spelling of several Chinese surnames commonly spelled Jiang ** ** * Chi'ang, variant spelling of the ancient Qiang (historical people) () * Chi'ang, variant spelling of the modern Qiang people () in Wenchuan * Chiang (place name), a term for 'city' in Northern Thailand and surrounding areas See also *Jiang (other) Jiang may refer to: * ''Jiang'' (rank), rank held by general officers in the military of China *Jiang (surname), several Chinese surnames **Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party *Jiang River, an ancient riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Shyi-kun
You Si-kun (; born 25 April 1948), also romanized Yu Shyi-kun, is a Taiwanese politician. He was one of the founding members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and is known to be a strong advocate of Taiwan independence. He led the DPP as chairman from 2006 to 2007 and served as Premier of the Republic of China, Premier from 2002 to 2005. Personal background Born in Taihe Village (太和村), Dongshan, Yilan, Dongshan Township, Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County, You was raised in a poor tenant farming family. While he was a 13-year-old student at National Yilan Senior High School, Taiwan Provincial Yilan High School, his house was destroyed by flood waters during 1961 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Pamela, typhoon Pamela and his father died of tuberculosis in the same year. As a result, he quit junior high school to work full-time on his family farm. At 19, he enrolled in supplementary night school at Lotung Commercial and Vocational High School. He moved to Taipei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Che-nan
Chen Che-nan (; born 30 March 1941) is a Taiwanese retired politician. Chen was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1987 to 1994. Originally affiliated with the Kuomintang, he joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1993. He later served briefly as the acting Secretary-General to the President from August 2000 to October 2000. Early life and career Born in 1941 during Japanese rule, Chen was an elementary school teacher prior to a career in politics. Political career In the 1970s, Chen began his political career in the Kaohsiung City Government. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 1986, and stepped down in 1994, in the midst of a term. Chen then served the Taipei City Government and mayor Chen Shui-bian in multiple positions, until joining the ROC Presidential Office in 2000, where he continued advising Chen Shui-bian. Controversy Chen was expelled from the Kuomintang on 2 December 1992, after becoming increasingly critical of party leaders, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian ( zh, t=陳水扁; born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the fifth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), ending the Kuomintang's (KMT) 55 years of continuous rule in Taiwan. He is sometimes referred to by the nickname A-Bian (). A lawyer, Chen entered politics in 1980 during the Kaohsiung Incident as a member of the Tangwai movement and was elected to the Taipei City Council in 1981. In 1985, as the editor of the weekly pro-democracy magazine ''Neo-Formosa'', he was jailed for libel following publication of an article critical of Elmer Fung, a college philosophy professor who was later elected a New Party legislator. After being released, Chen helped found the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1986 and was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1989, and Mayor of Taipei in 1994. Chen won the 2000 Republic of China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Chun-hsiung
Chang Chun-hsiung (; born 23 March 1938) is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who had served as the prime minister of Taiwan (officially Premier of the Executive Yuan) from 2000 to 2002 and 2007 to 2008, both under Chen Shui-bian's presidency. His appointment by then-President Chen in 2000 marked the first time a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member occupied the premiership. As a founding member of the DPP, he served on its Central Committee and Central Standing Committee from 1986 to 2000. Early life and education Chang was born in 1938 in the city of Kagi (present-day Chiayi) when Taiwan (then Formosa) was still a colony of Japan. He earned his LL.B. at the National Taiwan University in 1960. Chang joined the Kuomintang in 1970, but was expelled three years later for mounting a campaign for the Taipei City Council. As a lawyer, he defended the victims of the Kaohsiung Incident in 1980. From 1982 to 1986 he was President of the Kaohsiung Chapter of the YMCA. Politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ting Mao-shih
Ting Mao-shih (; born 10 October 1925) is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. Ting attended the University of Paris and began working for the Central News Agency in 1956. He left two years later for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and began his diplomatic career. He was named a special adviser to the president after Chen Shui-bian was elected to the office in 2000, but chose to retire via resignation in August of that year. Ting served on a committee set up to investigate the 3-19 shooting incident of 2004, and was an adviser to Chen's successor Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, t=馬英九; pinyin: ''Mǎ Yīngjiǔ''; ; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT ... starting in 2011. References 1925 births Living people Republic of China politicians from Yunnan Ministers of foreign affairs of Taiwan University of Paris alumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chiang (Taiwan)
Chiang Hsiao-yen (; born 1 March 1942) or John Chiang, formerly surnamed Chang (), is a Taiwanese politician affiliated with the Kuomintang. He is the speculated illegitimate son of Chiang Ching-kuo, former leader of the Republic of China, which would make him the grandson of Chiang Kai-shek. Early life and education He and his identical twin brother, Winston Chang, both illegitimate, are believed to have been born the sons of Chiang Ching-kuo and his mistress Chang Ya-juo at the Second People's Hospital of Guilian, a public hospital in Guilin. Since they were born out of wedlock, the twins took their mother's surname, Chang, though they were given the Chiang generation name () shared by all the grandchildren of Chiang Kai-shek, including Chiang Ching-kuo's legitimate children. Chang Ya-juo died when the brothers were one year old in August 1942, and they were raised by Chang Ya-juo's younger brother, Chang Hau-juo (章浩若) and his wife Chi Chen (紀琛). Their uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Kun-huei
Huang Kun-huei (; born 8 November 1936) is a Taiwanese politician and educator. A former member of the Kuomintang, he had served as the party's secretary general from 1999 to 2000. Prior to that, Huang served as the minister of the Mainland Affairs Council from 1991 to 1994 and Minister of the Interior from 1994 to 1996. He later left the KMT and joined the Taiwan Solidarity Union, chairing the TSU from 2007 to 2016. Education Huang graduated from National Taipei University of Education in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in education, then completed advanced studies in the United States, where he earned a master's degree and then a Ph.D. in education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1967 and 1971, respectively. TSU Chairmanship Huang was elected leader of the Taiwan Solidarity Union on 19 January 2007. Cross-Straits Economic Trade and Culture Forum Huang stated in October 2013 that the Cross-Straits Economic Trade and Culture Forum that have been going on between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Po-hsiung
Wu Po-hsiung (; born 19 June 1939) is a Taiwanese politician who was the chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT). He has been the Interior Minister (1984–1988), Mayor of Taipei (1988–1990), Secretary-General to the President (1991–1996), and Chairman of the KMT (2007–2009). Wu was nominated as Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang when he was succeeded by Ma Ying-jeou as the Chairman of the Kuomintang. Early life and education Born to a Hakka family in Zhongli, Taoyuan in 1939, Wu received a bachelor's degree in business administration from National Cheng Kung University in 1962. Early political life He entered politics when he was elected into the Taiwan Provincial Council in the Taoyuan County electoral district from 1968 to 1972. Taoyuan County Magistrate Wu became the Magistrate of Taoyuan County from 1973 to 1976. His father, Wu Hong-ling had served in the same position from 1960 to 1964. ROC Interior Ministry Wu became the Ministry of the Interior twice in 1984–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Yuan-tsu
Lee Yuan-tsu (; 24 September 1923 — 8 March 2017), was a Chinese lawyer and politician who served under Lee Teng-hui as the sixth vice president of the Republic of China. He was of Hakka ancestry and was a member of the Kuomintang. Early life and education His family was Hakka, with origin in Meixian, Guangdong, but he was born in Pingjiang, Hunan. Lee obtained his bachelor's degree in law and politics from National Chengchi University in Nanjing in 1946. He retreated to Taiwan from Mainland China in 1949 after the end of Chinese Civil War with the National Revolutionary Army. He obtained his doctoral degree from University of Bonn in Germany in 1963. Political career Lee entered politics in 1969 when he became a legal consultant for the Ministry of National Defense. He served as Minister of Education from 1974 to 1978, then Minister of Justice until 1984 and Secretary-General to the President between 1988 and 1990. He was nominated by Lee Teng-hui to be the Vice Presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui (; pinyin: ''Lǐ Dēnghuī''; 15 January 192330 July 2020) was a Taiwanese politician and agricultural scientist who served as the fourth president of the Republic of China, president of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) under Constitution of the Republic of China, the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He was the first president to be born in Taiwan, the last to be 1990 Taiwanese presidential election, indirectly elected and the first to be 1996 Taiwanese presidential election, directly elected. Before entering politics, Lee was an agricultural scientist who earned a master's degree from Iowa State University and a PhD from Cornell University in the United States. During his presidency, Lee oversaw the end of Martial law in Taiwan, martial law and the full History of Taiwan (1945–present), democratization of the ROC, advocated the Taiwanese localization movement, and initiated foreign policy agenda to gain allies all o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
