Chiang Wan-an


Wayne Chiang or Chiang Wan-an ; born 26 December 1978, formerly surnamed Chang, is a Taiwanese politician. He is the son of John Chiang and a grandson of Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Wan-an worked as a business lawyer in the United States prior to begin a political career in Taiwan.

Early life

Born Wayne Chang on 26 December 1978, he is the only son to his parents John Chiang and Helen Huang. He has two elder sisters.
He was unaware of his relation to Chiang Kai-shek until high school, when his father told Chiang and his siblings in a late-night talk. Following the announcement, the family changed their surname from "Chang" to "Chiang".
Chiang was a student at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University and Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School. Upon graduation, he attended National Chengchi University where he majored in international relations and law.

Legal career

Upon graduation from National Chengchi University, he worked for the law firm Lee and Li. Later, Chiang became an aide in the National Assembly. He was accepted to the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2002, and left for the United States. After Chiang earned his J.D. degree, he practiced law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Palo Alto office, a well known corporate law firm in California where his practice area focused on venture capital financing and corporate and security law. After practicing for several years, he founded his own law firm before returning to Taiwan in 2013.

Political career

Chiang faced Lo Shu-lei in the first round of the Kuomintang party primary in April 2015. After Lo failed to build a sufficient lead, another primary was called the next month, which Chiang won. He ran as the KMT candidate for Taipei City's third constituency in the 2016 legislative elections and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan. The Taipei District Prosecutor's Office ended an investigation of vote-buying accusations against Chiang in March, but did not charge him with wrongdoing.
In January 2018, Chiang stated that he would not seek to represent the Kuomintang in the Taipei mayoral election scheduled for November. Chiang ran for reelection in 2020, defeating his closest opponent, Democratic Progressive Party candidate, by six percent of votes, 51–45%.

Personal life

Chiang met his future wife, Shih Fang-ken, while both were students at National Chengchi University. They dated for ten years and married on 23 May 2009. Their first child, a son named Chiang Te-li, was born in June 2011.