Chiang Wan-an

Chiang Wan-an (Chinese: 蔣萬安; born Chang Wan-an; 26 December 1978), also known as Wayne Chiang, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who has served as the mayor of Taipei since December 2022. He is the youngest mayor of Taipei since the appointment of Chang Feng-hsu.

Chiang Wan-an
蔣萬安
Official portrait, 2022
14th Mayor of Taipei
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 December 2022
Deputy	See list Lee Shu-chuan Lin Yi-hua
Preceded by	Ko Wen-je
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2016 – 10 November 2022
Preceded by	Lo Shu-lei
Succeeded by	Wang Hung-wei
Constituency	Taipei III
Personal details
Born	Chang Wan-an (1978-12-26) 26 December 1978 (age 46) Taipei, Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang
Spouse	Shih Fang-hsuan ​ (m. 2009)​
Relations	Chiang Ching-kuo (grandfather, ostensible) Chiang Kai-shek (great-grandfather, ostensible)
Children	3
Parent	John Chiang (father)
Education	National Chengchi University (BA, LLB) University of Pennsylvania (LLM, JD, SJD)
Occupation	Politician lawyer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	蔣萬安
Simplified Chinese	蒋万安
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǎng Wàn'ān Bopomofo ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄨㄢˋ ㄢ Wade–Giles Chiang³ Wan⁴-an¹ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zoeng2 Maan6-On1
Birth name
Traditional Chinese	章萬安
Simplified Chinese	章万安
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Wàn'ān Bopomofo ㄓㄤ ㄨㄢˋ ㄢ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zoeng1 Maan6-On1

Chiang was born in Taipei as the son of politician Chiang Hsiao-yen, who formerly served as a chairman of the Kuomintang. Before entering politics, he graduated from National Chengchi University and earned three law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Because Chiang's father claims lineage to the prominent Chiang family, Chiang is believed to be a great-grandson of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek.

Early life and education

Chiang was born Chang Wan-an (Chinese: 章萬安; pinyin: Zhāng Wàn'ān) on 26 December 1978 in Taipei, Taiwan.^[1][2] He is the only son of minister Chiang Hsiao-yen and Helen Huang (黃美倫; Huáng Měilún) and has two elder sisters. Chiang's father claims to be an illegitimate son of Chiang Ching-kuo, the only son of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek.^[3] The claim has been unrecognized by the main Chiang family.^[3] If true, Chiang would be a great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek, who led the Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan.^[4] His contested familial relationship with the Chinese leader has been controversial due to Chiang Kai-shek's divisive legacy as either a symbol of anti-communism or dictatorship.^[2]

He was unaware of his relation to Chiang Kai-shek until high school, when his father made his claims of being an illegitimate son of Chiang Ching-kuo. Following the announcement, the family changed their surname from "Chang" to "Chiang".^[5][6]

Chiang was a student at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University and Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School. Because he graduated at the top of his high school class, he was automatically admitted to National Chengchi University, where he double majored in international relations and law.^[5] He was named a "young leader of Taiwan" in 2001 and was introduced to U.S. president Bill Clinton.^[5][7] Chiang graduated from National Chengchi University with two bachelor's degrees in diplomacy and law, respectively.^[8][9]

After graduating from National Chengchi University, Chiang worked for the law firm Lee and Li. Later, Chiang became an aide in the National Assembly. He was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania Law School for a graduate Master of Laws (LL.M.) program in 2002, and left for the United States.^[5] Following his graduation from the LL.M. program in 2004, he immediately enrolled in the school's Juris Doctor (J.D.) program.

Legal career

After Chiang earned his J.D. degree, he practiced at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, a well known corporate law firm in California where his practice area focused on venture capital financing and corporate and security law. After practicing for several years, he founded his own law firm before returning to Taiwan in 2013.^[10][11] He also earned a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.^[12]

Legislative Yuan (2016–2022)

On August 29, 2023, Chiang Wan-an met with Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng in Shanghai

Chiang faced Lo Shu-lei in the first round of the Kuomintang party primary for the legislative elections in April 2015.^[13] After Lo failed to build a sufficient lead, another primary was called the next month, which Chiang won.^[14] He ran as the KMT candidate for Taipei City's third constituency in the 2016 legislative elections and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan.^[15] The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office ended an investigation of vote-buying accusations against Chiang in March, but did not charge him with wrongdoing.^[16]

In January 2018, Chiang stated that he would not seek to represent the Kuomintang in the Taipei mayoral election scheduled for November.^[17] Chiang ran for reelection in 2020, defeating his closest opponent, Democratic Progressive Party candidate Enoch Wu, by six percent of votes, 51–45%.^[18][19]

Mayor of Taipei (2022–)

In May 2022, the Kuomintang nominated Chiang as its candidate for the Taipei mayoralty in the local elections.^[8] On 10 November 2022, Chiang announced he would resign his legislative seat to focus on his mayoral campaign.^[20][21] A by-election for Chiang's legislative constituency was scheduled for 8 January 2023.^[22] On 26 November 2022, he was elected as the Mayor of Taipei.^[23][24] Upon taking office on 25 December 2022,^[25] Chiang became the youngest-ever Mayor of Taipei.^[26]

2022 Taipei mayoral election result[27]
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Kuomintang (KMT)	6	Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安)	575,590	42.29%
	Democratic Progressive (DPP)	12	Chen Shih-chung (陳時中)	434,558	31.93%
	Independent	8	Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊)	342,141	25.14%
	Others			8,662	0.64%
Total				1,360,951	100.00%
Voter turnout				67.70%

Personal life

Chiang met his future wife, Shih Fang-hsuan (石舫亘), while both were students at National Chengchi University.^[28] They dated for ten years and married on 23 May 2009. Their first child, a son named Chiang Te-li (蔣得立), was born in June 2011,^[29][30] and their second son, Chiang Te-yu (蔣得宇), was born on 23 July 2021.^[31] In January 2023, they welcomed their third son, Chiang Te-cheng (蔣得正).^[32]

Family tree

Chiang family tree  view talk edit

Soong May‑ling 宋美齡 Mao Fumei 毛福梅 Chiang Kai‑shek 蔣介石 Yao Yecheng 姚冶誠 Chen Jieru 陳潔如 Faina Chiang Fang‑liang 蔣方良 Chiang Ching-kuo 蔣經國 Chang Ya‑juo 章亞若 (mistress) Shih Chin‑i 石靜宜 Chiang Wei‑kuo 蔣緯國 (adopted) Chiu Ju‑hsüeh 丘如雪 Chen Yao‑kuang 陳瑶光 (adopted) Alan Chiang Hsiao‑wen 蔣孝文 Amy Chiang Hsiao‑chang 蔣孝章 Alex Chiang Hsiao‑wu 蔣孝武 Eddie Chiang Hsiao‑yung 蔣孝勇 Winston Chang Hsiao‑tzu 章孝慈 John Chiang Hsiao‑yen 蔣孝嚴 Chiang Hsiao‑kang 蔣孝剛 Nancy Xu Nai‑jin 徐乃錦 Yu Yang‑ho 俞揚和 Wang Zhang‑shi 汪長詩 Michelle Tsai Hui‑mei 蔡惠媚 Elizabeth Fang Chi‑yi 方智怡 Chao Chung‑te 趙申德 Helen Huang Mei‑lun 黃美倫 Wang Yi‑hui 王倚惠 Theodore Yu Tsu‑sheng 俞祖聲 Chang Ching‑sung 章勁松 Chang Yo‑chu 章友菊 Vivian Chiang Hui‑lan 蔣惠蘭 Chiang Hui‑yün 蔣惠筠 Chiang Wan‑an 蔣萬安 Chiang Yo‑mei 蔣友梅 Alexandra Chiang Yo‑lan 蔣友蘭 Johnathan Chiang Yo‑sung 蔣友松 Demos Chiang Yo‑bo 蔣友柏 Edward Chiang Yo‑chang 蔣友常 Andrew Chiang Yo‑ching 蔣友青 Chiang Yo‑chüan 蔣友娟 Chiang Yo‑chieh 蔣友捷 Notes Dashed lines represent marriages Dotted lines represent extra-marital relationships and adoptions Solid lines represent descendants

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External links

• Media related to Chiang Wan-an at Wikimedia Commons
• Quotations related to Chiang Wan-an at Wikiquote

Government offices
Preceded by Ko Wen-je	Mayor of Taipei 2022 –	Succeeded by incumbent