# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fredrick-chien
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:49:39.188Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fredrick-chien"
name: "Fredrick Chien"
slug: "fredrick-chien"
description: "Chien Foo, also known by his English name Fredrick Foo Chien, is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician who served as the president of the Control Yuan from 1999 to 2005. After earning his doctorate from Yale University, he assumed a series of governmental positions include Director-General of the Government Information Office from 1972 to 1975, Republic of China Representative to the United States from 1982 to 1988, Chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 1988 to 1990, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1996. He was also the Speaker of the National Assembly between 1996 and 1999."
tagline: "Taiwanese politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fredrick_Chien%2C_2008_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.428661333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8C%A2%E5%BE%A9"
    title: "錢復"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "فريدريك كين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Chien"
    title: "Frederick Chien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrick_Chien"
    title: "Fredrick Chien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Chien"
    title: "Frederick Chien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Chien"
    title: "Frederick Chien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Chien"
    title: "Frederick Chien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q842303"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump