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 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