Chiang Chung-ling

Chiang Chung-ling
Chiang Chung-ling
	蔣仲苓
	Gen. Chiang Chung-ling
Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang
	In office; 18 June 2000 – 30 March 2003
Chairman	Lien Chan
20th Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China
	In office; 16 December 1994 – 31 January 1999
President	Lee Tung-hui
Deputy	Chao Chih-yuan; Wang Wen-hsieh; Wu Shih-wen
Preceded by	Sun Chen
Succeeded by	Tang Fei
17th Commander-in-Chief the Republic of China Army
	In office; November 1981 – June 1988
President	Chiang Ching-kuo
Preceded by	Hau Pei-tsun
Succeeded by	Huang Hsin-chiang
Personal details
Born	September 21, 1922; Yiwu County, Chekiang Province, Republic of China
Died	March 18, 2015 (aged 92); Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Awards	Order of Blue Sky and White Sun
Military service
Allegiance	Republic of China
Branch/service	Republic of China Army
Years of service	1936–1992
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Third Taiwan Strait Crisis

Chiang Chung-ling (Chinese: 蔣仲苓; pinyin: Jiǎng Zhònglíng, September 21, 1922 – March 18, 2015) was a Taiwanese army general, former Minister of Defense and Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party).[1]

As Minister of Defense, he called for the use of Sky Horse missiles to rival Chinese M-class missiles.[2] Also, several high-profile military deaths occurred during his term as Minister of Defense. When being questioned by reporters outside the parliament on September 19, 1995, he replied with a rhetorical question, "哪個地方不死人?" ("Where do people not die?").[3] His reply caused a sensation and public condemnation, and finally he apologized on September 25, 1995.

After a C-130H military transport plane crashed on October 10, 1997, near Taipei, Chiang Chung-ling resigned as Minister of Defense on October 11 to take responsibility for the crash, in which all five crew members died.[4]

Death

In 2015, he died at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, aged 92, of heart failure.[5]

gollark: Move items in and out, yes.

gollark: I don't think you can *use* it directly with just plethora.

gollark: The actual relay block, not a software thing.

gollark: You can actually do 3D printing from CC via a relay.

gollark: Don't believe his lies.

References

Swaine, Michael D. (1999). Taiwan's National Security, Defense Policy, and Weapons Procurement Processes. Rand Corporation. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8330-2798-6.
Mistry, Dinshaw (2005). Containing Missile Proliferation: Strategic Technology, Security Regimes, and International Cooperation in Arms Control. University of Washington Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-295-98507-7.
"▲國防部前部長蔣仲苓病逝　享壽93歲。（圖／翻攝自國防部發言人臉書）". NOWnews (in Chinese). 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
"Defence minister resigns over plane crash". The Nation. October 12, 1997. p. 3. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
Lu, Hsin-hui; Chen, Jay (19 March 2015). "Former Defense Minister Chiang Chung-ling dies at 93". Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Swaine, Michael D. (1999). Taiwan's National Security, Defense Policy, and Weapons Procurement Processes. Rand Corporation. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8330-2798-6.

[2] Mistry, Dinshaw (2005). Containing Missile Proliferation: Strategic Technology, Security Regimes, and International Cooperation in Arms Control. University of Washington Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-295-98507-7.

[3] "▲國防部前部長蔣仲苓病逝　享壽93歲。（圖／翻攝自國防部發言人臉書）". NOWnews (in Chinese). 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

[4] "Defence minister resigns over plane crash". The Nation. October 12, 1997. p. 3. Retrieved February 20, 2011.

[5] Lu, Hsin-hui; Chen, Jay (19 March 2015). "Former Defense Minister Chiang Chung-ling dies at 93". Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 March 2015.