Chiang Chung-ling
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| Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang | |
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Chairman | Lien Chan |
| 20th Minister of National Defense | |
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| President | Lee Teng-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 | |
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| President | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| Preceded by | Hau Pei-tsun |
| Succeeded by | Huang Hsin-chiang |
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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 |
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Chiang Chung-ling (Chinese: 蔣仲苓; pinyin: Jiǎng Zhònglíng; 21 September 1922 – 18 March 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[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">clarification needed] 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]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Swaine, Michael D. (1999). Taiwan's National Security, Defense Policy, and Weapons Procurement Processes. Rand Corporation. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8330-2798-6.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."▲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.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Defence minister resigns over plane crash". The Nation. October 12, 1997. p. 3. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lu, Hsin-hui; Chen, Jay (19 March 2015). "Former Defense Minister Chiang Chung-ling dies at 93". Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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