Chiang Hsiao-wu explained

Alex Chiang Hsiao-wu
Nationality:Republic of China
Office1:ROC Representative to Japan
Term Start1:January 1990[1]
Term End1:June 1991
Successor1:Hsu Shui-teh
Birth Date:25 April 1945
Birth Place:Zhejiang, Republic of China
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Party:Kuomintang
Spouse:Michelle Chiang Tsai Hui-mei[3]
Children:Alexandra Chiang Yo-lan, Johnathan Chiang Yo-sung[4]
Alma Mater:Chinese Culture University
Munich School of Political Science[5]

Chiang Hsiao-wu (; also known as Alex Chiang; April 25, 1945 – July 1, 1991) was the second son of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of the Republic of China in Taiwan 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-brothers, Winston Chang and John Chiang, with whom he shared the same father.

He was president of the state-run Broadcasting Corporation of China from 1980 to 1986, and later headed the Republic of China mission to Singapore for two years,[6] starting in April 1986 as the deputy trade representative[7] before being transferred to the mission to Japan in 1990.[8] [9] 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.′″[10] [11] [12] 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 brought on by chronic inflammation of the pancreas.[13] He was survived by his wife and two children.

Notes and References

  1. News: O'Neill . Mark . August 5, 1990 . Unofficial Taiwan Ambassador Carries Heavy Burden of History in Japanese Capital . Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California . Reuters . November 7, 2014 .
  2. News: . July 3, 1991 . Chiang Hsiao-wu; Taiwan Diplomat, 46 . The New York Times . New York, New York . AP . November 7, 2014 .
  3. Web site: Declaration of Eric Wakin . . January 8, 2014 . hoover.org . The Hoover Institution . November 7, 2014 .
  4. Book: Taylor, Jay . November 14, 2000 . The Generalissimo's Son: Chiang Ching-kuo and the Revolutions in China and Taiwan . Cambridge, Massachusetts . Harvard University Press . 318 . 978-0674002876 . November 7, 2014 .
  5. Web site: O'Neill . Mark . Unofficial Taiwan Ambassador Carries Heavy Burden of History in Japanese Capital . Los Angeles Times . 5 August 1990 . 14 April 2020.
  6. News: . February 23, 1989 . Singapore PM All Smiles In ROC . Taiwan Journal (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) . Taipei, Taiwan . November 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107204428/http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=5492&CtNode=451 . 2014-11-07 . dead .
  7. News: Aging Taiwan President Prepares To End Dynasty, Talks With Foes . Brown, Phil . AP . Schenectady Gazette . 12 June 1986 . 19 May 2016 .
  8. News: . July 4, 1991 . Chiang Hsiao-wu; Grandson of Chiang Kai-shek . Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California . November 7, 2014 .
  9. News: . January 15, 1990 . From Presidential Stock; Tokyo Press Welcomes Chiang . Taiwan Journal (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) . Taipei, Taiwan . November 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107204057/http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=7755&CtNode=122&mp=9 . 2014-11-07 . dead .
  10. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=MAU9JjMcfsQC&pg=PA72 . Democratizing Taiwan . Jacobs, J. Bruce. J. Bruce Jacobs . Three: The Lee Teng-Hui presidency to early 1996 . 72 . 2012 . Koninklijke Brill NV . Leiden, The Netherlands . 19 May 2016 . 978-90-04-22154-3 . On February 13, 1990 a group of National Assembly members proposed Lin Yang-kang for president and the following day Chiang Wego denied that his brother Chiang Ching-kuo had said, ″Members of the Chiang family cannot and will not run for president.″ Footnote 19: [...] Chiang Ching-kuo made this statement on December 25, 1985..
  11. News: Taiwan chief rules out chance family member will succeed him . . 26 December 1985 . AP . The New York Times . 19 May 2016 .
  12. Constitution to Determine His Successor . Chiang Ching-kuo . Chiang Ching-kuo . Constitution Day . Taipei, Taiwan . 25 December 1985 . 19 May 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808114036/http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=117721&CtNode=103 . 8 August 2016 .
  13. News: . July 1, 1991 . SON OF LATE PRESIDENT CHIANG DIES . AP News . November 7, 2014 .

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