What is Chiang Pin-kung?
[[File:江丙坤副院長.jpg|right|301x301px]] '''Chiang Pin-kung''' ({{zh|c=江丙坤|p=Jiāng Bǐngkūn}}; 16 December 1932 &ndash; 10 December 2018) was a Taiwanese politician. He led the [[Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan)|Ministry of Economic Affairs]] from 1993 to 1996. He was named Minister of the [[Council for Economic Planning and Development]], where he worked until 2000. He was elected to consecutive terms on the [[Legislative Yuan]] from 2002 to 2008. During his first term as a legislator, Chiang was [[Vice President of the Legislative Yuan]]. He was Chairman of the [[Straits Exchange Foundation]] from 2008 to 2012. Chiang collapsed at a restaurant on 8 December 2018 in [[Taipei]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miao |first1=Zhong-han |last2=Yen |first2=William |title=SEF mourns the death of its former chairman Chiang Pin-kung |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201812100030.aspx |access-date=10 December 2018 |agency=Central News Agency |date=10 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Former SEF chair Chiang Pin-kung passes away at 85 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/12/11/2003705911 |access-date=11 December 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=11 December 2018}}</ref> He died of [[multiple organ failure]] at a hospital on 10 December 2018, aged 85.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Shu-hwa |last2=Yen |first2=William |title=Former SEF Chairman Chiang Pin-kung dies aged 85 |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201812100024.aspx |access-date=10 December 2018 |date=10 December 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiang, Pin-Kung}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from multiple organ failure]] [[Category:Taiwanese politicians]] {{bio-stub}}