in International Law and Diplomacy, and a Ph.D. in Political Science, both from the University of Chicago, and has served as Director of the Graduate School of Political Science at National Taiwan University, Ambassador to EI Salvador, Director and Vice-Secretary General of the Department of Youth Affairs in the Kuomintang, Director of the National Youth Commission, Minister of Communications, and Vice-Premier.
連戰是台灣省台南人，今年五十二歲，台灣大學政治系學士、美國芝加哥大學國際公法及外交學碩士、政治學博士。曾任台大政治研究所主任、薩爾瓦多大使、國民黨青年工作會主任、副秘書長，青年輔導會主任委員、交通部長、行政院副院長等職。