Liu Chi-chun explained

Liu Chi-chun
Order1:2nd
Office1:First Lady of Taiwan
Term Label1:In role
President1:Yen Chia-kan
Term Start1:5 April 1975
Term End1:20 May 1978
Predecessor1:Soong May-ling
Successor1:Faina Vakhreva Chiang
Office2:3rd Second Lady of Taiwan
Term Label2:In role
Term Start2:20 May 1966
Term End2:5 April 1975
Vicepresident2:Yen Chia-kan
Predecessor2:Tan Xiang
Successor2:Pan Ying-ching
Office3:Spouse of the Prime Minister of Taiwan
Term Label3:In role
Term Start3:16 December 1963
Term End3:1 June 1972
Primeminister3:Yen Chia-kan
Predecessor3:Tan Xiang
Successor3:Faina Vakhreva Chiang
Birth Date:1908
Birth Place:Suzhou, Jiangsu, Qing China
Death Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Children:9
Nationality:Taiwanese

Liu Chi-chun (; 1908–1999) was the First Lady of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1975 until 1978 as the wife of Yen Chia-kan, former President of the Republic of China.

Biography

Liu Chi-chun was born at Suzhou, and her family was one of the four prominent families in the city. She was the distant cousin of her later husband Yen Chia-kan. Yen's first wife died in 1923 because of obstructed labour. After that, Yen continued to follow the choice of his parents to marry her in December 1924.

She put much effort into looking after her new family, and she had nine children (five sons and four daughters). After she became the first lady, she continued to take care of her child, but not to participate on political topics. After Yen Chia-kan finished his presidency, she disappeared from public view.

After her husband Yen Chia-kan died on December 24, 1993, she died at the same date six years later (in 1999) because of diseases of the lung, liver and kidney at Taipei Chongqing South Road official residence.[1] Her marriage lasted for 70 years. Finally, her remains were interred at the Republic Of China Military Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. News: 嚴前總統夫人劉期純病逝 . December 24, 1999 . 華視新聞.