Chiang Kai-shek’s Great-Grandson Claims Key Taiwan Poll Win

  • Chiang Wan-an will become the youngest-ever mayor of Taipei
  • DPP takes fewest seats in local elections in 36-year history
Polls Set Stage for Taiwan’s Presidential Race in 2024
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Chiang Kai-shek’s great-grandson declared victory in the race to be mayor of Taiwan’s capital, as the ruling party suffered a resounding defeat in island-wide local elections a little more than a year before a new president is chosen.

Chiang Wan-an of the opposition Kuomintang will become, at 43 years old, the youngest-ever mayor of Taipei, a position that can serve as a springboard to the presidency.