Chen Li-an
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Chen Li-an (Template:Lang-zh; 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 June 22, 1937. His ancestral home is in Qingtian County, Zhejiang.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His father, Chen Cheng, was a prominent politician who was a general in the National Revolutionary Army under Chiang Kai-shek.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In January 2001, Chen re-joined the Kuomintang, because he thought both the party and Taiwan needed him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
| 1996 Republic of China Presidential Election Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President Candidate | Vice President Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| Lee Teng-hui | Lien Chan | 5,813,699 | 54.0 | |
| Peng Ming-min | Frank Hsieh | Democratic Progressive Party | 2,274,586 | 21.1 |
| Lin Yang-kang | Hau Pei-tsun | Independent | 1,603,790 | 14.9 |
| Chen Li-an | Wang Ching-feng | Independent | 1,074,044 | 9.9 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 117,160 | |||
| Total | 10,883,279 | 100 | ||
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- 1937 births
- Living people
- Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University alumni
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences alumni
- Politicians from Lishui
- Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan
- Tibetan Buddhists from Taiwan
- Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang
- Taiwanese presidents of the Control Yuan
- Ministers of economic affairs of Taiwan
- Ministers of national defense of Taiwan
- Independent presidential candidates of Taiwan
- Taiwanese people from Zhejiang
- Ministers of science and technology of Taiwan
- People from Qingtian County
- Scientists from Lishui
- Presidents of universities and colleges in Taiwan