Jason Yuan

Jason Yuan
袁健生
16th Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Republic of China
In office 27 September 2012 – 24 March 2014
Deputy	John Deng[1]
Preceded by	Hu Wei-jen
Succeeded by	King Pu-tsung
ROC Representative to the United States of America
In office 4 August 2008 – 27 September 2012
Preceded by	Joseph Wu
Succeeded by	King Pu-tsung
ROC Ambassador to Panama
In office 1996–1998
ROC Representative to Canada
In office 1994–1996
Personal details
Born	1 February 1942 (1942-02) (age 74)
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Spouse(s)	Margaret Yuan
Children	Billy Yuan, Alice Yuan
Alma mater	Republic of China Naval Academy Southeastern University

Jason Yuan (Chinese: 袁健生; pinyin: Yuán Jiànshēng) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat. He was the Secretary-General of the National Security Council in 2012-2014.^[2]

ROC Representative to the United States

Yuan was the chief representative of the Republic of China to the United States as the head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, DC.^[3] He was appointed to that position in July 2008 by President Ma Ying-jeou to succeed Joseph Wu, who had been appointed by the previous administration.^[4]

See also

• Foreign relations of the Republic of China
• Republic of China – United States relations

References

China's Ambassadors to the U.S.
Qing ministers to the U.S. 1875–1912	Chen Lanbin 1875–81 Zheng Zaoru 1881–85 Zhang Yinheng 1885–89 Cui Guoyin 1889–93 Yang Yu 1893–96 Wu Tingfang 1896–1902 Liang Cheng 1902–07 Wu Tingfang 1907–09 Zhang Yintang 1909–11 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1911–12
ROC's envoys to the U.S. 1912–35	Zhang Yintang 1912–13 Xia Xiefu 1913–15 V. K. Wellington Koo 1915–20 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1920–29 Wu Chaoshu 1929–31 Yan Huiqing 1931–33 Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1933–35
ROC's ambassadors to the U.S. 1935–79	Alfred Sao-ke Sze 1935–36 Wang Zhengting 1936–38 Hu Shih 1938–42 Wei Tao-ming 1942–46 Wellington Koo 1946–56 Hollington Tong 1956–58 George Yeh 1958–61 Tsiang Tingfu 1961–65 Zhou Shukai 1965–71 James Shen 1971–79
ROC's representatives to the U.S. 1979–present	Konsin Shah 1979–81 Cai Weiping 1981–82 Frederick Chien 1982–88 Ting Mao-shih 1988–94 Benjamin Lu 1994–96 Jason Hu 1996–97 Stephen S.F. Chen 1997–2000 Chen Chien-jen 2000–04 David Lee 2004–07 Joseph Wu 2007–08 Jason Yuan 2008–12 King Pu-tsung 2012–14 Shen Lyu-shun 2014–2016 Stanley Kao 2016–
Chiefs of the PRC Liaison Office in the U.S. 1973–79	Huang Zhen 1973–77 Chai Zemin 1978–79
PRC's ambassadors to the U.S. 1979–present	Chai Zemin 1979–82 Zhang Wenjin 1983–85 Han Xu 1985–89 Zhu Qizhen 1989–93 Li Daoyu 1993–98 Li Zhaoxing 1998–2001 Yang Jiechi 2001–05 Zhou Wenzhong 2005–10 Zhang Yesui 2010–13 Cui Tiankai 2013–present