Wang Chien-shien

Wang Chien-shien
Wang Chien-shien
王建煊
President of the Control Yuan
	In office; 1 August 2008 – 31 July 2014
President	Ma Ying-jeou
Vice	Chen Jinn-lih
Preceded by	Vacant (2005–2008); Fredrick Chien
Succeeded by	Chang Po-ya
Convenor of the New Party National Committee
	In office; October 1994 – August 1995
Preceded by	Yok Mu-ming
Succeeded by	Chen Kuei-miao
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 1993 – 31 January 1996
Constituency	Taipei 1
Minister of Finance of the Republic of China
	In office; 1 June 1990 – 23 October 1992
Premier	Hau Pei-tsun
Preceded by	Shirley Kuo
Succeeded by	Bai Pei-ying
Personal details
Born	7 August 1938 (age 86); Hefei, Anhui, Republic of China
Nationality	Taiwan
Education	National Cheng Kung University (BA); National Chengchi University (MA)

Wang Chien-shien (Chinese: 王建煊; pinyin: Wáng Jiànxuān; born 7 August 1938) is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder of the New Party. He was finance minister of the Republic of China from 1990 to 1992 and is the chairman of the Chinese Management Association (CMA) (since 1990). Wang was the President of the Control Yuan from August 2008 to August 2014.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in Hefei, Anhui, Wang grew up in Taipei and received a bachelor's degree from National Cheng Kung University and a master's degree from National Chengchi University.

Political career

Wang was popular in the 1990s for his clean reputation and, in 1993, split with the Kuomintang to help found the New Party. He and Jaw Shaw-kong won the most votes in the 1992 Taiwanese legislative election.^[2] In 1998, Wang joined the election for the Mayor of Taipei under New Party. However, he lost to Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang.

1998 Taipei City Mayoral Election Result
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic Progressive Party	1	Chen Shui-bian	688,072	45.91%
	Kuomintang	2	Ma Ying-jeou	766,377	51.13%
	New Party	3	Wang Chien-shien	44,452	2.97%
Total				1,498,901	100.00%
Voter turnout

In 2001, the three parties of the pan-Blue coalition, the Kuomintang, the People First Party, and the New Party agreed to field only one candidate for Taipei County magistrate in 2001 based on which party could field the most popular candidate in polls. Despite the unified ticket and a poll predicting him winning, Wang lost to Su Tseng-chang. Wang is married to Su Fa-jau (蘇法昭).

In July 2008 Wang was nominated by President Ma and approved by the Legislative Yuan to become the President of the Control Yuan. Wang left office on July 31, 2014.^[3]

On March 8, 2023, Wang announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election as an independent, pledging cross-strait reunification by 2025.^[4]^[5]