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C.K. Yen was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from St. John's University in ShanghaiAlternate meanings: See Shanghai (disambiguation Shanghai ( Chinese: , pinyin: shang hi; Shanghainese IPA: /z h/) is China's largest city and is situated on the banks of the Chang Jiang delta. In Chinese, Shanghai's abbreviations are H ( or ) and Shen . with a degree in chemistryChemistry is the science of matter and its interactions with energy (see physics, biology). Because of the diversity of matter (which is mostly atomic), Chemists are often engaged in the pursuit of studying how atoms interact to form molecules, and how mo.

Yen previouly served as minister of economic affairs, minister of finance , and governor of Taiwan ProvinceTaiwan Province is an administrative subdivision of the Republic of China (ROC) that includes most of the Taiwan Island and surrounding islets, and the Pescadores. Even though the province-level municipalities of Taipei City and Kaohsiung City are on the. He became premierThe President of the Executive Yuan , colloquially referred to as the Premier , is the head of the Executive Yuan or executive branch of the Republic of China government which currently administers Taiwan. The premier is appointed by the President of the on December 15, 1963. In 1966 the National AssemblyThe National Assembly ( Chinese: , pinyin: Guomin Dahui) is the Constitutional Convention (and formerly an electoral college) of the Republic of China on Taiwan. As a result of a constitutional agreement made in 1997, the National Assembly is currently su elected Yen as vice president and re-elected him in 1972. He concurrently served as premier until May 19, 1972 when he was succeeded by Chiang Ching-kuoChiang Ching-kuo ( in pinyin: Jing Jingguo) ( April 27, 1910 January 13, 1988) was the President of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1978 until his death in 1988. Many sources, even Taiwanese official ones, give March 18, 1910 as his birthday, but thi, who later succeeded him as president. After his presidency, he was chairman of the Council on Chinese Cultural Renaissance and board chairman of the National Palace MuseumThe National Palace Museum ( Pinyin: Guoli Gugong Bowuyuan) is an art gallery and museum in Taipei, Taiwan, containing artifacts of ancient China. Not to be confused with Palace Museum (note the absence of "national"), which is the Forbidden City in Beiji until 1991.

He died in Taipei at the age of 88. He was buried at the Wu Chih Mountain military cemetery in Taipei County.

See also: Politics of Taiwan