China / Taiwan: Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (1978-1988) in 1948, with his father Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang's second wife, Song Meiling. Chiang Ching-kuo's mother, Mao Fumei, died in 1939

Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) (April 27,1 1910 – January 13, 1988), Kuomintang (KMT) politician and leader, was the son of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek and held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China (ROC).

He succeeded his father to serve as Premier of the Republic of China between 1972 and 1978, and was the President of the Republic of China from 1978 until his death in 1988. Under his tenure, the government of the Republic of China, while authoritarian, became more open and tolerant of political dissent.

Towards the end of his life, Chiang relaxed government controls on the media and speech and allowed native Taiwanese into positions of power, including his successor Lee Teng-hui.

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