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He is widely regarded as the chief architect of Taiwan's post-war land reform and economic modernization programs during the 1950s.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"4 January 1897","date":"1897-01-04"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Qingtian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1361329"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"5 March 1965","date":"1965-03-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Taipei","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Qing dynasty","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8733","end":"1912"},{"text":"Republic of China","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13426199","start":"1912","end":"1949"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Kuomintang","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31113"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Whampoa Military Academy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26239"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Tan Xiang","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10528502","start":"1932","end":"1965-03-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Premier of the Republic of China (16 September 1963 – 15 December 1963)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702650","start":"1963-09-16","end":"1963-12-15"},{"text":"Premier of the Republic of China (30 June 1958 – 1 July 1963)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702650","start":"1958-06-30","end":"1963-07-01"},{"text":"Vice President of the Republic of China (20 May 1954 – 5 March 1965)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707830","start":"1954-05-20","end":"1965-03-05"},{"text":"Premier of the Republic of China (7 March 1950 – 7 June 1954)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702650","start":"1950-03-07","end":"1954-06-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25755314"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Cheng","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Chen Cheng born?","a":"Chen Cheng was born on 4 January 1897 in Qingtian."},{"q":"What positions has Chen Cheng held?","a":"Positions held by Chen Cheng include: Premier of the Republic of China (1963–1963); Premier of the Republic of China (1958–1963); Vice President of the Republic of China (1954–1965); Premier of the Republic of China (1950–1954)."},{"q":"Where did Chen Cheng study?","a":"Chen Cheng was educated at Whampoa Military Academy."}],"related":[{"name":"Chiang Kai-shek","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chiang-kai-shek"},{"name":"Wu Den-yih","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wu-den-yih"},{"name":"Yen Chia-kan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yen-chia-kan"},{"name":"Frank Hsieh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frank-hsieh"},{"name":"Wang Jingwei","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wang-jingwei"},{"name":"Lee Huan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lee-huan"},{"name":"Lien Chan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lien-chan"},{"name":"Lai Ching-te","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lai-ching-te"},{"name":"Chen Chien-jen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chen-chien-jen"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/chen-cheng-5bfa6a3be9.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Chan Cheng","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chen_Cheng_in_1940%27s.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Chen Cheng","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Cheng","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q701313","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701313","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Chen Cheng in 1940's.jpg by Chan Cheng (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chen_Cheng_in_1940%27s.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Chen Cheng, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Chen Cheng in 1940's.jpg — Chan Cheng, Public domain.","cite":"\"Chen Cheng\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/chen-cheng. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/chen-cheng","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/chen-cheng","ne":null}}