Shih Chi-yang (Chinese: 施啟揚; pinyin: Shī Qǐyáng; Wade–Giles: Shih1 Chʻi3-yang2 [ʂí tɕʰì.jǎŋ]; 5 May 1935 – 5 May 2019) was a Taiwanese politician. He was Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 1988 to 1993 and convener of the Executive Yuan's Mainland Affairs Committee, which was established in 1988, and became the first Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan when it was established in 1991.[1][2] He was President of the Judicial Yuan from 1994 to 1999.

Shih Chi-yang
施啟揚
President of the Judicial Yuan
In office
18 August 1994 – 25 January 1999
Preceded byLin Yang-kang
Succeeded byLu Yu-wen (acting)
Weng Yueh-sheng
Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China
In office
7 February 1991 – 31 May 1991
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHuang Kun-huei
Vice Premier of the Republic of China
In office
22 July 1988 – 27 February 1993
PremierYu Kuo-hwa
Lee Huan
Hau Pei-tsun
Preceded byLien Chan
Succeeded byHsu Li-teh
Minister of Justice of the Republic of China
In office
28 May 1984 – 20 July 1988
PresidentChiang Ching-kuo
Lee Teng-hui
Preceded byLi Yuan-tsu
Succeeded byHsiao Teng-tzang
Personal details
Born(1935-05-05)5 May 1935
Rokkō, Shōka, Taichū Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Lukang, Changhua, Taiwan)
Died5 May 2019(2019-05-05) (aged 84)
Sanxia, New Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityEmpire of Japan (until 1945)
Republic of China (after 1945)
Political partyKuomintang
SpouseJeanne Li
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Heidelberg University

Shih died at home in Sanxia District, New Taipei, of multiple organ failure on 5 May 2019.[3]

Family edit

He was married to Jeanne Li.[4]

Awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Taiwan Today - Taiwan-Mainland Door 'Will Never Be Shut'; Mainland Affairs". taiwantoday.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. ^ "Taiwan-Mainland Door 'Will Never be Shut'; Mainland Affairs - Taiwan Info". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
  3. ^ a b Lin, Chang-shun; Lin, Emerson (5 May 2019). "Former Judicial Yuan president Shih Chi-yang, 84, dies". Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. ^ "KMT youth corps given 'unfair break'". Taipei Times. 19 September 2002. Retrieved 26 March 2017.