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Lien Chan

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Lien Chan (Chinese: 連戰; born August 27, 1936) is a Taiwanese political scientist and politician. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he nominally governed Taiwan as the head of the Taiwan Provincial Government from 1990 to 1993 and served as Premier of the Republic of China from 1993 to 1997, Vice President of the Republic of China from 1996 to 2000, and Chairman of the Kuomintang from 2000 to 2005. Lien was born in China to a prominent Taiwanese family of intellectuals. After graduating from National Taiwan University, he earned his doctorate in political science from the University of Chicago in 1965 and began an academic career in the United States as a professor at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Connecticut. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lien Chan is the 11,619th most popular politician (down from 10,207th in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from China (down from 704th in 2019) and the 384th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lien Chan ranks 11,619 out of 19,576. Before him are Sekula Drljević, Hermann Muhs, Erishum II, Anatoly Chubais, Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, and Maximilian Ulysses Browne. After him are Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria, Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Parthamaspates of Parthia, Natalia Gutman, Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq, and John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Lien Chan ranks 252. Before him are Joe Spinell, Antonio Gades, Frederick Ballantyne, Walter Koenig, Jim Brown, and Karol Divín. After him are Satish Kumar, Alex Olmedo, Lars Gustafsson, Éder Jofre, Richard Harrison, and Birthe Wilke.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lien Chan ranks 737 out of 1,610. Before him are Li Siyuan (867), Chu Suiliang (597), Xu Qiliang (1950), Empress Wang (-8), Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483), and Qian Zhongshu (1910). After him are Longchenpa (1308), Chen Boda (1904), Wu Zhen (1280), Shen Congwen (1902), Dong Yuan (932), and Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama (1883).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Lien Chan ranks 384. Before him are Wang Can (177), Li Lisan (1899), Li Siyuan (867), Chu Suiliang (597), Xu Qiliang (1950), and Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483). After him are Chen Boda (1904), Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama (1883), Ulanhu (1906), Wu Bangguo (1941), Zhang Gaoli (1946), and Pei Xiu (224).

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