| Wang Chien-shien | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: {{nobold|王建煊 |
| Office1: | President of the Control Yuan |
| President1: | Ma Ying-jeou |
| 1Blankname1: | Vice |
| 1Namedata1: | Chen Jinn-lih |
| Predecessor1: | Vacant (2005–2008) Fredrick Chien |
| Successor1: | Chang Po-ya |
| Term Start1: | 1 August 2008 |
| Term End1: | 31 July 2014 |
| Office2: | Convenor of the New Party National Committee |
| Predecessor2: | Yok Mu-ming |
| Successor2: | Chen Kuei-miao |
| Term Start2: | October 1994 |
| Term End2: | August 1995 |
| Office3: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start3: | 1 February 1993 |
| Term End3: | 31 January 1996 |
| Constituency3: | Taipei 1 |
| Office4: | Minister of Finance of the Republic of China |
| Premier4: | Hau Pei-tsun |
| Predecessor4: | Shirley Kuo |
| Successor4: | Bai Pei-ying |
| Term Start4: | 1 June 1990 |
| Term End4: | 23 October 1992 |
| Birth Date: | 7 August 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Hefei, Anhui, Republic of China |
| Nationality: | Taiwan |
| Alma Mater: | National Cheng Kung University National Chengchi University |
Wang Chien-shien (; born 7 August 1938) is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder of the New Party. He was finance minister of the Republic of China 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.[1]
Born in Hefei, Anhui, Wang grew up in Taipei and received a bachelor's degree from National Cheng Kung University and a master's degree from National Chengchi University.
Wang was popular in the 1990s for his clean reputation and, in 1993, split with the Kuomintang to help found the New Party. He and Jaw Shaw-kong won the most votes in the 1992 Taiwanese legislative election.[2] In 1998, Wang joined the election for the Mayor of Taipei under New Party. However, he lost to Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang.
| 1998 Taipei City Mayoral Election Result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic Progressive Party | 1 | Chen Shui-bian | 688,072 | 45.91% | |||
| Kuomintang | 2 | Ma Ying-jeou | 766,377 | 51.13% | | ||
| New Party | 3 | Wang Chien-shien | 44,452 | 2.97% | |||
| Total | 1,498,901 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | |||||||
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. Wang is married to Su Fa-jau (Chinese: 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. Wang left office on July 31, 2014.[3]
On March 8, 2023, Wang announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election as an independent, pledging cross-strait reunification by 2025.[4] [5]