Public Announcement of the Ninth Presidential and Vice-Presidential Election

Candidate's Personal Data Voter' Note Appendix



Order on ballot1
Type of candidatePresidential candidateVice-Presidential Candidate
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NameChen Li-anWang Ching-feng
Date of birthJune 22, 1937Jan. 1, 1952
SexMaleFemale
Place of birthLushan County, Jiangxi ProvinceTainan, Taiwan
Endorsing political party
OccupationNoneLawyer
Address7F, No. 43, Lane 112, Jenai Rd. Section 4, Taipei3F, No. 8, Lane 83, Ta-an Rd. Section 1, Taipei
Education and curriculum vitaeB.S. in Electrical Machinery, M.I.T.; M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics, NYU.

Dean of the Mingchi Institute of Technology; Director of the Department of Technological and Vocational Education, Ministry of Education; Dean of the National Taiwan Institute of Technology;

Political Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education; DirectorGeneral of the Department of Organizational Affairs, Kuomintang; Vice Secretary-General of the Central Committee, Kuomintang; Chairman of the National Science Council, Executive Yuan; Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs; Minister, Ministry of National Defense; President, Control Yuan.

B.A., M.A., Department of Law, National Chengchi University; passed bar examination.

Lawyer; ninth Director of the Taipei Lawyers' Association; Chairman of the Women's Problems Research Association; first, second, and third President of the Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation; Executive of the World War Two Taiwanese Comfort Women Survey and Compensation Demand Task Force; member of the second session of the Control Yuan.

Selected as one of the "Thirteenth Annual Outstanding Young Women"; awarded a personal sponsorship award as part of the Second Chinese Social Movement Harmony Awards.

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Type of candidatePresidential candidateVice-Presidential Candidate
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NameLee Teng-huiLien Chan
Date of birthJan. 15, 1923Aug. 27, 1936
SexMaleMale
Place of birthTaipei County, TaiwanXian
Endorsing political partyKuomintang
OccupationPublic servicePublic service
AddressNo. 1, Chungching S. Rd. Section 2, Taipei2F, No. 5, Lane 236, Tunhua S. Rd. Section 1, Taipei
Education and curriculum vitaeEducation: B.A. from the Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University (NTU), Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Cornell University.

Curriculum Vitae: Instructor in the NTU Department of Agricultural Economics, Graduate School of Economics of the NTU College of Law, and the Graduate School of East Asian Studies at National Chengchi University; Section Chief in the Taiwan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry; Researcher at the Taiwan Cooperative Bank; Senior Specialist, Subsection Chief, and Advisor at the Department of Agriculture; Minister of the Executive Yuan; Mayor of Taipei; Chairman of Taiwan Province; elected seventh Vice President of the R.O.C. in 1984; succeeded to the office of President in 1988 and has been concurrently serving as Kuomintang Chairman; elected eighth President of the R.O.C. in 1990.

Education: B.A. from the Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University; M.A. in International Public Law and Diplomacy from the University of Chicago; Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago.

Curriculum vitae: Professor, NTU Department of Political Science; Head of the NTU Department of Political Science and concurrently Dean of the Graduate School; Ambassador to El Salvador; Director-General of the Kuomintang Department of Youth Affairs; Vice Secretary-General of the Kuomintang Central Committee; Chairman of the National Youth Commission, Executive Yuan; Minister, Ministry of Transportation and Communications; Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan; Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Premier of the Executive Yuan and concurrently vice chairman of the Kuomintang (1993 to present).

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Type of candidatePresidential candidateVice-Presidential Candidate
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NamePeng Ming-minFrank Hsieh
Date of birthAug. 15, 1923May 18, 1946
SexMaleMale
Place of birthTachia, Taichung CountyTaipei
Endorsing political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
OccupationNoneNational legislator
Address15F, No. 99, Jenai Rd. Section 2, Taipei7F-1, No. 6, Jenai Rd. Section 1, Taipei County
Education and curriculum vitaeStudied in the Political Science Section, Department of Law, Tokyo Imperial University, and the Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University. Obtained M.A. at McGill University (Canada) and Ph.D. in law at the University of Paris. Served as professor and Department Head in the NTU Law Department. Selected as one of the "First Annual Ten Most Promising Youths." Selected as United Nations Advisor. Proclaimed the "Taiwan Self-Salvation Manifesto" in 1964 and thus exposed the myth of the R.O.C. recapturing the Chinese mainland; appealed for an end to martial law, new National Assembly elections, and the peaceful coexistence of one Taiwan and one China; issued a blueprint for the development of the nation. Spent 23 years in exile overseas after encountering political oppression and taught at Harvard, Michigan, and Wright State Universities during this period. Chairman of the Taiwan Independence League; director of the Taiwan Civil Service Association; director of the Asia-Pacific Democracy Association. Struggled for the future of Taiwan and helped bring about the Taiwan Relations Act. Served as an advisor to the Democratic Progressive Party after returning to Taiwan and has continued to promote democratization; selected as the DPP's presidential candidate after a national primary election. Studied in the NTU Department of Law and in Japan on a Japanese Department of Education scholarship, completing Ph.D. program at Kyoto University. Achieved first place on the R.O.C. bar examination. Served as Director of the Taipei Citizens' Law Service Center; Director of the Buddhist Youth Association; Director of the Shuangchi Foundation for Mentally Retarded Children; Taipei City Councillor; and member of the Legislative Yuan. Since entering politics, Frank Hsieh has advocated a policy of "cultivating autonomy overseas and democracy at home," and sought international understanding that the Taiwanese people oppose unification with China. Has taken the platform in the presidential election of "resisting unification" and stopping the world from taking the Taiwan question as an internal matter of China and thus giving the Chinese an excuse for unification. Frank Hsieh hopes to realize a political transition in Taiwan to remove the rot and corruption in government; he seeks to promote harmony between different ethnic groups, give precedence to the disadvantaged, and create a peaceful and caring nation for the people's children and grandchildren.

Order on ballot4
Type of candidatePresidential candidateVice-Presidential Candidate
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NameLin Yang-kangHau Pei-tsun
Date of birthJune 10, 1927July 13, 1919
SexMaleMale
Place of birthNantou County, Taiwan ProvinceYancheng County, Jiangsu Province
Endorsing political party
OccupationSenior advisor, Presidential OfficeSenior advisor, Presidential Office
Address7F-1, No. 6, Jenai Rd. Section 1, TaipeiNo. 315, Fulin Rd., Shihlin District, Taipei
Education and curriculum vitaeEducation: Graduated from the Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University.

Curriculum vitae: Served as employee and Department Head of the administrative department, Nantou County Civil Administration Bureau; Secretary of the Nantou County Government; Secretary of the Taiwan Provincial Government; Chairman of the Yunlin County branch of the Kuomintang; County Chief of Nantou County; Commissioner of the Taiwan Provincial Department of Reconstruction; Mayor of Taipei; Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government; Minister of the Ministry of the Interior; Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan; President of the Judicial Yuan; and Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang.

Education: (1) Central Army Officer School, 12th class, artillery section. (2) Army University, 20th class. (3) U.S. Army Staff University. (4) Armed Forces University War College General Officer Class.

Curriculum vitae: Commander of the Ninth Army Division; Commander of the Presidential Office Guard Force; Commander of the First Army; Vice Chief of the Ministry of National Defense War Staff; Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army; Vice Chief of the General Staff (Executive), Ministry of National Defense; Commanderin-Chief of the Army; Chief of the General Staff and concurrently Head of the Chungshan Institute; Minister, Ministry of National Defense; Premier, Executive Yuan; Senior Advisor, Presidential Office; Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang.

Appendix

Name of eventDateTimeTelevision station
The First Presidential Candidates' Televised Political Platform Declaration MeetingFeb. 25, 1996 (Sunday)2:00 - 4:00 PMChina Television Company
The Vice-Presidential Candidates' Televised Political Platform Declaration MeetingMar. 3, 1996 (Sunday)2:00 - 4:00 PMTaiwan Television
The Second Presidential Candidates' Televised Political Platform Declaration MeetingMar. 9, 1996 (Saturday)7:30 - 9:30 PMChinese Television System
The Third Presidential Candidates' Televised Political Platform Declaration MeetingMar. 17, 1996 (Sunday)2:00 - 4:00 PMTaiwan Television


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