Chiang Nai-shin

Chiang Nai-shin (Chinese: 蔣乃辛; pinyin: Jiǎng Nǎixīn; born 24 September 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Taipei City Council from 1982 to 2009, when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan.

Chiang Nai-shin MLY
蔣乃辛
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 29 March 2009 – 1 February 2020
Preceded by	Diane Lee
Succeeded by	Lin Yi-hua
Constituency	Taipei 6th
Personal details
Born	(1948-09-24) 24 September 1948 (age 76) Shanghai, Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Education	National Chengchi University (BA) Tatung University (MBA)

Education

After graduating from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and business, Chiang attended Tatung University, where he earned a master's degree in business administration.^[1]

Political career

Chiang was elected to the Taipei City Council in 1981 and served until 2009.^[2] After Diane Lee resigned her legislative seat in January 2009, Chiang won a four-way primary held on 8 February to represent the Kuomintang in the resulting by-election.^[3][4] He subsequently defeated six other candidates in the by-election held on 28 March.^[5][6]

The Democratic Progressive Party nominated retired baseball player George Chao [zh] to run against Chiang in 2012.^[7][8] During his 2016 campaign, Chiang was first opposed by Freddy Lim, a member of the New Power Party,^[9] who soon ceded the race to fellow candidate Fan Yun [zh] of the Social Democratic Party.^[10] Chiang easily defeated Fan and Minkuotang candidate Wu Hsu-chih.^[11][12]