Chiang Chung-ling

Chiang Chung-ling
Chiang Chung-ling
蔣仲苓
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; 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 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

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.

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[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.