Chiang Hsiao-wu

Chiang Hsiao-wu (Chinese: 蔣孝武; pinyin: Jiǎng Xiàowǔ; also known as Alex Chiang; April 25, 1945 – July 1, 1991) was the second son of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of the Republic of China in Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. His mother is Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva, also known as Chiang Fang-liang. He had one older brother, Hsiao-wen, one older sister, Hsiao-chang, and one younger brother, Hsiao-yung. He also had two half-brothers, Winston Chang and John Chiang, with whom he shared the same father.

Alex Chiang Hsiao-wu
蔣孝武
ROC Representative to Japan
In office January 1990[1] – June 1991
Succeeded by	Hsu Shui-teh
Personal details
Born	(1945-04-25)25 April 1945 Zhejiang, Republic of China[1]
Died	1 July 1991(1991-07-01) (aged 46)[2] Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Spouse	Michelle Chiang Tsai Hui-mei[3]
Children	Alexandra Chiang Yo-lan, Johnathan Chiang Yo-sung[3][4]
Alma mater	Chinese Culture University Munich School of Political Science[5]

He was president of the state-run Broadcasting Corporation of China from 1980 to 1986, and later headed the Republic of China mission to Singapore for two years,^[6] starting in April 1986 as the deputy trade representative^[7] before being transferred to the mission to Japan in 1990.^[8][9] In a December 1985 speech, Hsiao-wu's father Chiang Ching-kuo declared "If someone asks me whether anyone in my family would run for the next presidential term, my reply is, 'It can't be and it won't be.'"^[10][11][12] Prior to the speech, Chiang Hsiao-wu was the only one of Chiang Ching-kuo's sons mentioned as a potential successor.^[7]

He died at the age of 46, on July 1, 1991, at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan as a result of congestive heart failure brought on by chronic inflammation of the pancreas.^[2][8][13] He was survived by his wife and two children.^[2][3]