Editing Lien Chan (section)

{{Short description|Taiwanese political scientist and politician (born 1936)}}
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{{family name hatnote|[[Lian (surname)|Lien]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Lien Chan
| native_name         = {{nobold|連戰}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-tw
| image               = 連戰院長.jpg
| order               = 7th
| office              = Vice President of the Republic of China
| president           = [[Lee Teng-hui]]
| term_start          = May 20, 1996
| term_end            = May 20, 2000
| predecessor         = [[Lee Yuan-tsu]]
| successor           = [[Annette Lu]]
| office1             = [[Premier of the Republic of China]]
| president1          = [[Lee Teng-hui]]
| vicepremier1        = [[Hsu Li-teh]]
| term_start1         = February 27, 1993
| term_end1           = August 31, 1997
| predecessor1        = [[Hau Pei-tsun]]
| successor1          = [[Vincent Siew]]
| office2             = 3rd [[Chairman of the Kuomintang]]
| deputy2             = {{unbulleted list|
* [[Vincent Siew]]
* [[Wang Jin-pyng]]
* [[Chiang Chung-ling]]
* [[Wu Po-hsiung]]
* [[Lin Cheng-tze]]
* [[Chiang Pin-kung]]
* [[Ma Ying-jeou]]
}}
| term_start2         = March 24, 2000
| term_end2           = August 19, 2005
| predecessor2        = [[Lee Teng-hui]]
| successor2          = [[Ma Ying-jeou]]
| office3             = Governor of [[Taiwan Province]]
| term_start3         = June 16, 1990
| term_end3           = February 25, 1993
| predecessor3        = [[Chiu Chuang-huan]]
| successor3          = [[James Soong]]
| office4             = 10th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| premier4            = {{unbulleted list|
* [[Yu Kuo-hwa]]
* [[Lee Huan]]
}}
| term_start4         = July 20, 1988
| term_end4           = June 1, 1990
| predecessor4        = [[Ting Mao-shih]]
| successor4          = [[Fredrick Chien]]
| office5             = [[Vice Premier of the Republic of China]]
| premier5            = [[Yu Kuo-hwa]]
| term_start5         = May 1, 1987
| term_end5           = July 22, 1988
| predecessor5        = [[Lin Yang-kang]]
| successor5          = [[Shih Chi-yang]]
| office6             = 11th [[Minister of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan)|Minister of Transportation and Communications]]
| premier6            = {{unbulleted list|
* [[Sun Yun-suan]]
* [[Yu Kuo-hwa]]
}}
| term_start6         = December 1, 1981
| term_end6           = April 23, 1987
| predecessor6        = [[Lin Chin-sheng]]
| successor6          = {{ill|Kuo Nan-hung|zh|郭南宏}}
| office7             = Chair of [[Youth Development Administration|National Youth Commission]]
| premier7            = [[Sun Yun-suan]]
| term_start7         = August 1, 1978
| term_end7           = November 30, 1981
| predecessor7        = [[Wang Wei-nung]]
| successor7          = [[Kao Ming-hui]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1936|8|27}}
| birth_place         = [[Xi'an]], [[Shaanxi]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Kuomintang]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Lien Fang Yu|Fang Yu]]|1965}}
| relations           = [[Sean Lien]] (son)<br />[[Arlene Lien]] (daughter)
| education           = {{unbulleted list|
* [[National Taiwan University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
* [[University of Chicago]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}}
| module              = {{Infobox Chinese
| child = yes
| embed = yes
| c = 連戰
| p = Lián Zhàn
| w = Lien² Chan⁴
| poj = Liân Chiàn
}}
}}

'''Lien Chan''' ({{lang-zh|t=連戰|w=|p=|poj=}}; born August 27, 1936) is a Taiwanese [[political scientist]] and politician. He was the chairman of the [[Taiwan Provincial Government]] from 1990 to 1993, [[premier of the Republic of China]] from 1993 to 1997, [[vice president of the Republic of China]] from 1996 to 2000, and was the chairman of the [[Kuomintang]] (KMT) from 2000 to 2005, apart from various ministerial posts he had also held.

After graduating from [[National Taiwan University]], Lien earned a master's degree and his [[PhD]] from the [[University of Chicago]] in the United States. He ran for the [[President of the Republic of China]] on behalf of the Kuomintang twice in 2000 and 2004, but both lost to [[Chen Shui-bian]] of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]]. Upon his retirement as KMT Chairman in August 2005, he was given the title Honorary Chairman of the KMT.

Lien is highly credited after holding a [[2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China|groundbreaking visit to mainland China]] in his capacity as the [[Chairman of the Kuomintang]] to meet with the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] [[Hu Jintao]] on April 29, 2005, the first meeting between the two party leaders after the end of [[Chinese Civil War]] in 1949, which subsequently helped thaw the long-stalled [[cross-strait relations]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/02/25/2003555674|title=Lien Chan embarks on China visit|newspaper=[[Taipei Times]]|date=February 25, 2013|access-date=October 28, 2016|archive-date=October 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028215113/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/02/25/2003555674|url-status=live}}</ref>