1. Chiang Wan-an, known as Wayne Chiang, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who has served as the mayor of Taipei since December 2022.
12 Facts About Chiang Wan-an
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Chiang Wan-an is the only son of minister Chiang Hsiao-yen and Helen Huang and has two elder sisters.
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Chiang Wan-an's contested familial relationship with the Chinese leader has been controversial due to Chiang Kai-shek's divisive legacy as either a symbol of anti-communism or dictatorship.
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Chiang Wan-an was unaware of his relation to Chiang Kai-shek until high school, when his father made his claims of being an illegitimate son of Chiang Ching-kuo.
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Chiang Wan-an was a student at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University and Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School.
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Chiang Wan-an was named a "young leader of Taiwan" in 2001 and was introduced to US president Bill Clinton.
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Chiang Wan-an graduated from National Chengchi University with two bachelor's degrees in diplomacy and law, respectively.
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Chiang Wan-an faced Lo Shu-lei in the first round of the Kuomintang party primary for the legislative elections in April 2015.
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Chiang Wan-an ran as the KMT candidate for Taipei City's third constituency in the 2016 legislative elections and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan.
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In January 2018, Chiang Wan-an stated that he would not seek to represent the Kuomintang in the Taipei mayoral election scheduled for November.
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On 10 November 2022, Chiang Wan-an announced he would resign his legislative seat to focus on his mayoral campaign.
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Chiang Wan-an met his future wife, Shih Fang-hsuan, while both were students at National Chengchi University.