Fredrick Chien
Taiwanese politician · Taiwan · On the map · Politicians · Born 1935 · age 91
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.
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Chien poses for a family photo in Shanghai, 1939
Recipients of the 1st Annual Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award poses with Chiang Ching-kuo in 1963
Chien (back) interprets for President Chiang Kai-shek during a meeting with US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, December 08, 1966
Chien invites Washington Post's Katharine Graham to the historic Twin Oaks Estate, September 11, 1986
The Twin Oaks Estate was restored during Chien's tenure
The current TECRO office building on Wisconsin Avenue, Washington, D.C., was purchased and built during Chien's tenure as Representative to the US
Chien meets with African National Congress's Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1993Awards
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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.
