Chiang Nai-shin (; born 24 September 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the
Taipei City Council from 1982 to 2009, when he was elected to the
Legislative Yuan.
Education
After graduating from
National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and business, Chiang attended
Tatung University, where he earned a master's degree in business administration.
Political career
Chiang was elected to the
Taipei City Council in 1981 and served until 2009. After
Diane Lee resigned her legislative seat in January 2009, Chiang won a four-way primary held on 8 February to represent the
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...
in the resulting by-election. He subsequently defeated six other candidates in the by-election held on 28 March.
The
Democratic Progressive Party nominated retired baseball player to run against Chiang in 2012. During his 2016 campaign, Chiang was first opposed by
Freddy Lim, a member of the
New Power Party, who soon ceded the race to fellow candidate of the Social Democratic Party. Chiang easily defeated Fan and
Minkuotang candidate Wu Hsu-chih.
References
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1948 births
Living people
Republic of China politicians from Shanghai
Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan
Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan
Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan
Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan
Tatung University alumni
Taiwanese people from Shanghai
Taipei City Councilors