Chiang Hsiao-yung

Eddie Chiang Hsiao-yung

Chiang Ching-kuo's family portrait in 1950: (rear from left) Alan Chiang Hsiao-wen, Amy Chiang Hsiao-chang; (front from left) Alex Chiang Hsiao-wu, Faina Chiang Fang-liang, Chiang Ching-kuo, Eddie Chiang Hsiao-yung
Native name 蔣孝勇
Born (1948-10-01)1 October 1948
Taiwan Shanghai, Republic of China
Died 22 December 1996(1996-12-22) (aged 48)
Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
Political party Kuomintang
Spouse(s) Chiang Fang Chi-yi[1]
Children Demos Chiang Yo-bo, Edward Chiang Yo-chang, Andrew Chiang Yo-ching[1]
Parent(s) Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Fang-liang

Chiang Hsiao-yung (traditional Chinese: 蔣孝勇; simplified Chinese: 蒋孝勇; pinyin: Jiǎng Xiàoyǒng; also known as Eddie Chiang; October, 1948 – December 22, 1996) was a politician of the Republic of China.

Biography

Chiang was born in Shanghai, Republic of China in 1948. He was the third son of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of the Republic of China in Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. His mother was Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva, also known as Chiang Fang-liang. He had two older brothers, Hsiao-wen and Hsiao-wu, and one older sister, Hsiao-chang. He also had two half-brothers, Winston Chang and John Chiang, with whom he shared the same father.

After a brief political career in the Kuomintang in 1988,[2] he emigrated to Canada with his family. In 1996, he died in Taiwan at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital as a result of esophageal cancer, aged 48. He was survived by his wife Chiang Fang Chi-yi and three sons.[3]

As of November 2013, Chiang Fang Chi-yi is a member of the Kuomintang Central Committee[4] while his eldest son Demos Chiang is a successful designer and businessman.[5] Andrew Chiang, his youngest son, was charged with making threatening comments against the faculty of the Taipei American School through email and Facebook in 2013.[4][5][6] He was convicted in 2015, and fined NT$183,000.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Declaration of Eric Wakin" (PDF). hoover.org. The Hoover Institution. January 8, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  2. Holley, David (July 15, 1988). "Reformist Members Named to Taiwan Party Leadership". Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  3. "CHIANG HSIAO-YUNG". AP. December 23, 1996. Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Mo, Yan-chih (November 10, 2013). "Mother expects Andrew Chiang to be responsible". Taipei Times (Taipei). Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Blum, Jeremy (November 13, 2013). "Great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek accused of threatening Taipei American School". South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). Retrieved November 7, 2014.
  6. "Andrew Chiang denies threatening Taipei school". Taipei Times. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  7. "Chiang’s grandson avoids prison". Taipei Times. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.


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