Chiang Wei-kuo

Chiang Wei-kuo
蔣緯國
Chiang Wei-kuo as a general of the Republic of China Army, 1980s
4th Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Republic of China
In office
18 June 1986 – 28 February 1993
PresidentChiang Ching-kuo
Lee Tung-hui
Preceded byWang Tao-yuan
Succeeded byShih Chi-yang
12th Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Services Force of the Republic of China
In office
7 April 1980 – 30 June 1984
PresidentChiang Ching-kuo
Preceded byWang To-nien
Succeeded byWen Ha-hsiung
2nd President of the Tri-service University
In office
16 August 1975 – 6 June 1980
PresidentYen Chia-kan
Chiang Ching-kuo
Preceded byYu Po-chuan
Succeeded byWang To-nien
3rd President of the Republic of China Army Command and Staff University
In office
1 September 1963 – 31 August 1968
PresidentChiang Kai-shek
Preceded byWu Wen-chi
Succeeded byLu Fu-ning
Personal details
Born(1916-10-06)6 October 1916
Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Died22 September 1997(1997-09-22) (aged 80)
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Resting placeWuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery
Political partyKuomintang
Spouses
Shih Chin-i
(m. 1944; died 1953)
Ellen Chiu
(m. 1957⁠–⁠1997)
RelationsChiang Kai-shek (adoptive father)
Yao Yecheng (adoptive mother)
ChildrenChiang Hsiao-kang (son)
Parents
Alma materSoochow University
Central Military Academy
Munich Kriegsschule
Command and Staff College
AwardsOrder of Blue Sky and White Sun
Military service
Allegiance Nazi Germany (1936–1939)
 Republic of China (1936, 1939–1997)
Branch/service German Army (Wehrmacht)
 National Revolutionary Army
 Republic of China Army
Years of service1936–1997
RankLeutnant (Germany)
General (Republic of China)
Unit98. Mountain Infantry Regiment
8. Infantry Division
First Infantry Division (China)
First Armoured Regiment
CommandsCommander-in-Chief of Armoured Forces
Battles/warsAnschluss
Annexation of the Sudetenland
Second Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蔣緯國
Simplified Chinese蒋纬国
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Chiang Wei-kuo (Chinese: 蔣緯國; 6 October 1916 – 22 September 1997), also known as Wego Chiang, was the adopted son of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek, the adoptive brother of President Chiang Ching-kuo, a retired Army general, and an important figure in the Kuomintang. His courtesy names were Jian'gao (建鎬) and Niantang (念堂). Chiang served in the Wehrmacht before fighting in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.


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