Political philosopher turned premier who ordered the police clearance during the Sunflower Movement
Born in Keelung in 1960, he is the son of a man from Zhangzhou, Fujian, who came to Taiwan in the Great Retreat. He wrote his master's thesis at National Taiwan University on the political thought of Hannah Arendt, took a doctorate in political science at Yale in 1993 and became a professor at NTU. Entering government in 2008 as head of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission under Ma Ying-jeou, he served as interior minister and vice premier and became premier in February 2013. During the Sunflower Movement in March 2014 he ordered the police to clear the protesters from the Executive Yuan, leaving many injured, and he resigned in December after the Kuomintang's defeat in the local elections. He later taught at City University of Hong Kong and elsewhere.
Also known as: Jiang Yihua
Activities and affiliations
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1995–2008
Republic of China state institutionsProfessor of political science, National Taiwan University
Scholarship and theory -
2009–2012
Republic of China state institutionsMinister of the Interior
Government and administration -
2012–2013
Republic of China state institutionsVice Premier
Government and administration -
2013–2014
Republic of China state institutionsPresident of the Executive YuanHeads of state, government and party of ChinaMain
Political and party leadership -
Political and party leadership
Career Timeline
- 1987M.A. in political science at NTU, on Hannah Arendt
- 1993Ph.D. in political science at Yale
- 1995–2008Associate professor and professor of political science at NTU
- 2008.05.20–2009.09Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
- 2009.09.10–2012.02Minister of the Interior
- 2012.02.06–2013.02.18Vice Premier
- 2013.02.18–2014.12.08President of the Executive Yuan
- 2016.07Professor at City University of Hong Kong