Chiang Wan-an

Chiang Wan-an
MLY
蔣萬安

Chiang in June 2015
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2016
Preceded by Lo Shu-lei
Constituency Taipei 3rd
Personal details
Born (1978-12-26) 26 December 1978
Nationality Taiwan
Political party Kuomintang
Alma mater National Chengchi University, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Occupation politician
Profession lawyer

Chiang Wan-an (Chinese: 蔣萬安; 26 December 1978) is a Taiwanese politician. Born 章萬安 and formerly known as Wayne Chang,[1] he is the son of John Chiang and a grandson of Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Wan-an worked as a business lawyer prior to beginning a political career.

Education and early career

His high school's valedictorian, Chiang attended National Chengchi University in Taipei, majoring in law and international relations. Upon graduation from NCCU, he 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 in 2002, and left for the United States.[1] After Chiang earned his degree, he practiced law in the United States before returning to Taiwan in 2013.[2][3]

Political career

Chiang faced Lo Shu-lei in the first round of the Kuomintang party primary in April 2015.[4] After Lo failed to build a sufficient lead, another primary was called the next month, which Chiang won.[5] 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.[6] The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office ended an investigation of vote-buying accusations against Chiang in March, but did not charge him with wrongdoing.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Greenberg, Andy (2006). "A Case of Political Descent". Penn Law Journal. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Tsai, Ya-hua; Wang, Wen-hsuan; Chen, Wei-han (31 March 2015). "John Chiang’s son to run in KMT legislative primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Baum, Julian (13 January 2016). "As Taiwan's ruling KMT party wanes, a familiar name steps out". Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016 – via Yahoo! News.
  4. ↑ Wu, Li-rong; Tseng, Ying-yu; Chen, Ted (19 April 2015). "KMT new blood unnerves incumbent 'Young Turk' in legislative primary". Taipei Times. Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (21 May 2015). "Chiang Wan-an wins KMT primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Tang, Sheng-yang; Huang, Frances (16 January 2016). "Chiang Ching-kuo's grandson declares win in legislative race (update)". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Pan, Jason (24 March 2016). "Chiang escapes vote-buying charges". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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