Chiang family
The Chiang family is a political family of the Republic of China with Wu Chinese background from Zhejiang province. Members of a prosperous family of salt merchants, the Chiang family held senior positions in Chinese politics first on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan Retreat of [the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan|after 1949].
Members include Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary and military leader Chiang Kai-shek, who served as the leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1975. Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China, Chiang Hsiao-yen, Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang, and more.
Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo, who have been presidents of the Republic of China, are often called collectively as “Two Chiangs”.
Origin
The Chiang family ancestral home is in Heqiao, a town in Yixing, Jiangsu, about southwest of central Wuxi and from the shores of Lake Tai. Eventually the clan settled in Xikou, a town in Fenghua, Zhejiang, about west of central Ningbo, where Chiang Kai-shek was born.Offices held
Chiang Kai-shekChiang Ching-kuo
- Premier of the Republic of China
- President of the Republic of China. Son of Chiang Kai-shek.
- Ministry of [Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China]
- Member of the Legislative Yuan
- Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang
- President of the state-run Broadcasting Corporation of China
- Member of the Legislative Yuan
- Mayor of Taipei
- Chairman, DEM Inc.
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