Chiang Wei-kuo
Chiang Wei-kuo | |||||||||
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蔣緯國 | |||||||||
Chiang Wei-kuo as a general of the Republic of China Army, 1980s | |||||||||
| 4th Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Republic of China | |||||||||
| In office 18 June 1986 – 28 February 1993 | |||||||||
| President | Chiang Ching-kuo Lee Tung-hui | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Wang Tao-yuan | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Shih Chi-yang | ||||||||
| 12th Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Services Force of the Republic of China | |||||||||
| In office 7 April 1980 – 30 June 1984 | |||||||||
| President | Chiang Ching-kuo | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Wang To-nien | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wen Ha-hsiung | ||||||||
| 2nd President of the Tri-service University | |||||||||
| In office 16 August 1975 – 6 June 1980 | |||||||||
| President | Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Yu Po-chuan | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang To-nien | ||||||||
| 3rd President of the Republic of China Army Command and Staff University | |||||||||
| In office 1 September 1963 – 31 August 1968 | |||||||||
| President | Chiang Kai-shek | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Wu Wen-chi | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lu Fu-ning | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1916 Tokyo, Empire of Japan | ||||||||
| Died | 22 September 1997 (aged 80) Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||
| Resting place | Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery | ||||||||
| Political party | Kuomintang | ||||||||
| Spouses | Shih Chin-i
(m. 1944; died 1953)Ellen Chiu (m. 1957–1997) | ||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||
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| Relatives | Chiang Kai-shek (adoptive father) Yao Yecheng (adoptive mother) | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Soochow University Central Military Academy Munich Kriegsschule Command and Staff College | ||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||||
| Awards | Order of Blue Sky and White Sun | ||||||||
| Military service | |||||||||
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany (1936–1939) Republic of China (1936, 1939–1997) | ||||||||
| Branch/service | German Army (Wehrmacht) National Revolutionary Army Republic of China Army | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1936–1997 | ||||||||
| Rank | Leutnant (Germany) General (Republic of China) | ||||||||
| Unit | 98. Mountain Infantry Regiment 8. Infantry Division First Infantry Division (China) First Armoured Regiment | ||||||||
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief of Armoured Forces | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | Anschluss Annexation of the Sudetenland Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蔣緯國 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蒋纬国 | ||||||||
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Chiang Wei-kuo (Chinese: 蔣緯國; 6 October 1916 – 22 September 1997), also known as Wego Chiang, was the adopted son of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek, the adoptive brother of President Chiang Ching-kuo, a retired Army general, and an important figure in the Kuomintang. His courtesy names were Jian'gao (建鎬) and Niantang (念堂). Chiang served in the Wehrmacht before fighting in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.