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In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Chien-shien (Chinese: 王建煊; pinyin: Wáng Jiànxuān; 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]

Early life

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.

Political career

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 1,498,901 100.00%
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 (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]

References

  1. ^ "監察院全球資訊網首頁".
  2. ^ "A New Party Digs In for the Race". Free China Review. 1 March 1994. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  3. ^ "監察院全球資訊網首頁". 監察院全球資訊網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  4. ^ "王建煊宣布選2024總統 喊目標2025完成統一". Yahoo News (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  5. ^ News, Taiwan (2023-03-08). "84-year-old philanthropist vying for Taiwan presidency in 2024 | Taiwan News | 2023-03-08 12:34:00". Taiwan News. Retrieved 2023-04-03. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
Government offices
Preceded by
Fredrick Chien (2005)
Vacant (2005–2008)
 President of Control Yuan
2008–2014 		Succeeded by


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