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Name
  
Wang Chien-shien

Preceded by
  
Frederick Chien

Role
  
Politician


Preceded by
  
Parents
  
Chang Jui-hua

Nationality
  
Taiwan

Succeeded by
  
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Born
  
7 August 1938 (age 86) Hefei, Anhui, Republic of China (
1938-08-07
)

Alma mater
  
Taiwan Provincial Cheng Kung UniversityNational Chengchi University

Wang Chien-shien (Chinese: 王建煊; pinyin: Wáng Jiànxuān) (born August 7, 1938) is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder of the New Party. He was finance minister of the ROC from 1990 to 1992 and is the chairman of the Chinese Management Association (CMA) (since 1990). Wang was the President of the Control Yuan from August 2008 to August 2014.

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Early life

Born in Anhui, Wang grew up in Taipei and received a bachelor's degree from Taiwan Provincial Cheng Kung University and a master's degree from National Chengchi University.

Political career

Wang was popular in the 1990s for his clean reputation and split with the Kuomintang to help found the New Party. In 1998, Wang joined the election for the Mayor of Taipei under New Party. However, he lost to Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang.

In 2001, the three parties of the pan-Blue coalition, the Kuomintang, the People First Party, and the New Party agreed to field only one candidate for Taipei County magistrate in 2001 based on which party could field the most popular candidate in polls. Despite the unified ticket and a poll predicting him winning, Wang lost to Su Tseng-chang. He also participated in the 1998 Taipei City mayoral race. Wang is married to Su Fa-jau (蘇法昭).

In July 2008 Wang was nominated by President Ma and approved by the Legislative Yuan to become the President of the Control Yuan.

References

Wang Chien-shien Wikipedia


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