14 Facts About Chiang Pin-kung

Chiang Pin-kung was a Taiwanese economist and politician.

Chiang Pin-kung led the Ministry of Economic Affairs from 1993 to 1996, when he was named Minister of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, where he served until 2000.

Chiang Pin-kung was Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation from 2008 to 2012.

Chiang Pin-kung was born in Japanese Taiwan on 16 December 1932.

Chiang Pin-kung was Assistant Commercial Attache at the ROC Embassy in Japan from 1967 to 1974, Commercial Attache at the ROC Consulate General in Johannesburg from 1974 to 1979, Economic Counsellor at the ROC Embassy in South Africa from 1979 to 1981, Deputy Director-General of the Board of Foreign Trade from 1982 to 1983, Secretary-General of the China External Trade Development Council from 1983 to 1988, and Director-General of the BOFT from 1988 to 1989.

At the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Chiang Pin-kung served as Administrative Vice Minister from 1989 to 1990, Political Vice Minister from 1990 to 1993, and Minister from 1993 to 1996.

Chiang Pin-kung was born in Nanto District, Taichu Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan.

Chiang Pin-kung is married to Mei-Fuey Chen with two sons and one daughter.

Chiang Pin-kung was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2001 and was selected vice president of the legislature, a post he held until the Fifth Legislative Yuan adjourned in 2005.

Chiang Pin-kung was re-elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2004 but did not take on the vice president post, which went to the KMT's alliance People First Party.

In March 2005, Chiang Pin-kung led the KMT's first official delegation to mainland China since the end of major hostilities in the Chinese Civil War in 1949.

On 14 March 2007, Chiang Pin-kung became acting chairman of the KMT after Wu Po-hsiung, who had been acting chairman since Ma Ying-jeou's resignation earlier in the year, resigned the acting chairmanship so that he could run for chairman in the upcoming party election.

Chiang Pin-kung collapsed at a restaurant on 8 December 2018, and was sent to hospital.

Chiang Pin-kung died of multiple organ failure at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei on 10 December 2018.