Chiang Ching-kuo  Chiang Ching-kuoJ.-Claude Francolon/Gamma
Liaison  Chiang Ching-kuo,  (born March 18, 1910—died Jan. 13,
1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi), and his successor
as leader of the Republic of China (Taiwan). His father’s death
in 1975 was followed by a caretaker presidency until March 21,
1978, when Chiang Ching-kuo (Jiang Jingguo) was formally elected
by the National Assembly to a six-year presidential term; he was
reelected to a second term in 1984.  The son of Chiang Kai-shek
and his first wife (whom Chiang Kai-shek subsequently divorced),
Chiang Ching-kuo attended primary school in China and was
arrested several times during his youth for involvement with
revolutionary activities. In 1925 he went to Moscow, where he
studied at Sun Yat-sen University. At that time his father was
one of the leaders of the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang), which
included many communists, but in 1927 Chiang Kai-shek dissolved
the Nationalists’ alliance with the communists. Chiang Ching-kuo
denounced his