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Chen Li-an
Native name陳履安
Order5th
OfficePresident of the Control Yuan
Term start1 February 1993
Term end23 September 1995
AppointerLee Teng-hui
Vice presidentCheng Shuei-chih
PredecessorHuang Tzuen-chiou
SuccessorCheng Shuei-chih (acting)
Wang Tso-jung
Office 118th Minister of National Defense
Term start 11 June 1991
Term end 126 February 1993
1blankname 1Commander-in-Chief
1namedata 1Lee Teng-hui
Prime minister 1Hau Pei-tsun
Predecessor 1Hau Pei-tsun
Successor 1Sun Chen
Office 2Minister without Portfolio
Term start 220 July 1988
Term end 21 February 1993
Prime minister 2Yu Kuo-hwa
Lee Huan
Hau Pei-tsun
Office 318th Minister of Economic Affairs
Term start 322 July 1988
Term end 31 June 1990
Prime minister 3Yu Kuo-hwa
Lee Huan
Predecessor 3Lee Ta-hai
Successor 3Vincent Siew
Office 44th Minister of Science and Technology Council
Term start 430 May 1984
Term end 420 July 1988
Prime minister 4Chiu Chuang-huan
Yu Kuo-hwa
Predecessor 4Chang Ming-che
Successor 4Hsia Han-ming
Office 6Political Deputy Minister of Education
Term start 68 June 1978
Term end 617 July 1979
Minister 6Huisen Zhu
Office 7Permanent Deputy Minister of Education
Term start 76 December 1977
Term end 78 June 1978
Minister 7Lee Yuan-tsu
Huisen Zhu
Birth placeQingtian, Zhejiang, China
PartyKuomintang
SpouseTsao Chin
MotherTan Xiang
FatherChen Cheng
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS)

Chen Li-an (; born 22 June 1937), sometimes spelled Chen Lu-an, is a Taiwanese mathematician, economist, and former politician. He was the president of the Control Yuan from 1993 to 1995.

Early life and education

Chen was born in China in Lushan City, Jiangxi, on 22 June 1937. His ancestral home is in Qingtian County, Zhejiang.[1] His father, Chen Cheng, was a prominent politician who was a general in the National Revolutionary Army under Chiang Kai-shek.[2] After studying at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Chen was educated in the United States.

Chen graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in electrical engineering in 1960, then completed graduate studies at New York University, where he earned his Master of Science (M.S.) in mathematics and his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in 1968 under Hungarian-American mathematician Peter Lax. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Solving Improperly Posed Problems by Mathematical Programming Technique".[3]

Career

While he still considered the Kuomintang a "rotten party", Chen endorsed the KMT candidate Lien Chan in the 2000 ROC presidential election, believing that Lien was unlike the rest of the Kuomintang.[4]

In January 2001, Chen re-joined the Kuomintang, because he thought both the party and Taiwan needed him.[5]

1996 Republic of China Presidential Election Result
President CandidateVice President CandidatePartyVotes%
Lee Teng-huiLien ChanKuomintang5,813,69954.0
Peng Ming-minFrank HsiehDemocratic Progressive Party2,274,58621.1
Lin Yang-kangHau Pei-tsunIndependent1,603,79014.9
Chen Li-anWang Ching-fengIndependent1,074,0449.9
Invalid/blank votes117,160
Total10,883,279100

See also

References

  1. ^ "ent.cctv.com/lm/523/51/85794.html". ent.cctv.com. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  2. ^ "ent.cctv.com/lm/523/51/85794.html". ent.cctv.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
  3. ^ "Solving improperly posed problems by mathematical programming technique" (PhD Thesis). 1968. Retrieved 2025-06-14. – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "Lien garners Chen Li-an's endorsement". Archived from the original on 14 January 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2003.
  5. ^ Lin, Chieh-yu (4 Jan 2001). "KMT exodus could cost party its majority". Taipei Times. p. 3. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

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