About Shih Chi-yang
Lived 1935 – 2019 (aged 84). Shih Chi-yang was a Taiwanese, Japanese and Chinese jurist.
Shih Chi-yang ( ; 5 May 1935 – 5 May 2019) was a Taiwanese lawyer, legal scholar, and politician. He was Vice Premier of the Republic of China from 1988 to 1993 and convener of the Executive Yuan's Mainland Affairs Committee, which was established in 1988, and became the first Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan when it was established in 1991. He was President of the Judicial Yuan from 1994 to 1999.
Personal life Shih graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree and master's degree in law. He earned his doctorate in law in Germany from Heidelberg University in 1969. He was married to , who led the China Youth Corps from 1987 to 2005.
Shih died at home in Sanxia District, New Taipei, of multiple organ failure on 5 May 2019.
Awards 2013, Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon
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Who was Shih Chi-yang?
Taiwanese politician
When was Shih Chi-yang born?
Shih Chi-yang was born on 5 May 1935 in Taichū Prefecture.
When did Shih Chi-yang die?
Shih Chi-yang died on 5 May 2019 in Sanxia District.
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Shih Chi-yang was a jurist.
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Shih Chi-yang was Taiwanese, Japanese and Chinese.
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