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Chiang Wei-kuo

1916 - 1997

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Chiang Wei-kuo (Chinese: 蔣緯國; 6 October 1916 – 22 September 1997), also known as Wego Chiang, was the adopted son of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek, the adoptive brother of President Chiang Ching-kuo, a retired Army general, and an important figure in the Kuomintang. His courtesy names were Jian'gao (建鎬) and Niantang (念堂). Chiang served in the Wehrmacht before fighting in the Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Chiang Wei-kuo is the 8,595th most popular politician (down from 7,910th in 2024), the 727th most popular biography from Japan (down from 631st in 2019) and the 250th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chiang Wei-kuo ranks 8,595 out of 19,576. Before him are Shō Hashi, Ankhwennefer, Jia Chong, Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, and Chen Gongbo. After him are Elisabeth Hevelius, Vitaliy Masol, Peter II of Cyprus, Héctor José Cámpora, Takahashi Korekiyo, and Ariadne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Chiang Wei-kuo ranks 96. Before him are Mika Špiljak, Jane Jacobs, Betty Grable, Yekaterina Budanova, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, and Pérez Prado. After him are Luis Corvalán, Jurij Brězan, Mercedes McCambridge, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Sangoulé Lamizana, and Edmundo Suárez. Among people deceased in 1997, Chiang Wei-kuo ranks 99. Before him are Francisco Aramburu, François Furet, Martin Schwarzschild, Lyman Spitzer, Bo Widerberg, and Jambyn Batmönkh. After him are Allan Edwall, Peng Zhen, Félix Candela, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Kang Song-san, and David Doyle.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Chiang Wei-kuo ranks 727 out of 6,245. Before him are Isao Tomita (1932), Emperor Shijō (1231), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Izumi Shikibu (976), and Shō Hashi (1371). After him are Keizo Imai (1950), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Nakano Takeko (1847), Choei Sato (1951), and Ogata Kōrin (1658).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Chiang Wei-kuo ranks 250. Before him are Hōjō Sōun (1432), Nitobe Inazō (1862), Ii Naosuke (1815), Shō Shin (1465), Emperor Shijō (1231), and Shō Hashi (1371). After him are Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Tanzan Ishibashi (1884), Shintaro Abe (1924), Prince Morikuni (1301), Kujō Yoritsune (1218), and Jiro Taniguchi (1947).

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