Chiang Wan-an
Chiang Wan-an | |||||||||||||||
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蔣萬安 | |||||||||||||||
Official portrait, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| 14th Mayor of Taipei | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 25 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Deputy | See list
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | Chang Wan-an 26 December 1978 Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Kuomintang | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Shih Fang-hsuan (m. 2009) | ||||||||||||||
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| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Education | National Chengchi University (BA, LLB) University of Pennsylvania (LLM, JD, SJD) | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蔣萬安 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒋万安 | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 章萬安 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 章万安 | ||||||||||||||
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Chiang Wan-an (Chinese: 蔣萬安; born Chang Wan-an; 26 December 1978), also known by his English name Wayne Chiang, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who has served as the mayor of Taipei since December 2022. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he is the youngest mayor in Taipei's history.
Born to a prominent political family in Taipei, Chiang is the son of Chiang Hsiao-yen, who served as Chairman of the Kuomintang from 2008 to 2014. Because Chiang's father claims lineage to the prominent Chiang family, Chiang is believed to be a great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek, who ruled Taiwan after the Retreat of the Republic of China.
Before entering politics, Chiang graduated from National Chengchi University, earned three law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and worked as a corporate lawyer in the United States. He represented Taipei City Constituency 3 as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2022, then ran for the mayoralty, defeating Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Chen Shih-chung.