Chen Li-an

Chen Li-an (; born 22 June 1937 in Qingtian, Zhejiang, Republic of China), sometimes spelled Chen Lu-an, is a Taiwanese electrical engineer, mathematician and former politician. He was the president of the Control Yuan from 1993 to 1995.

While he still considered the Kuomintang a "rotten party", Chen endorsed the KMT candidate Lien Chan in the 2000 ROC presidential election, believing that Lien was unlike the rest of the Kuomintang.

In January 2001, Chen re-joined the Kuomintang, because he thought both the party and Taiwan needed him.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:left;margin:1em auto;" |- ! colspan=5|1996 Republic of China Presidential Election Result |- ! President Candidate ! Vice President Candidate ! Party ! Votes ! % |- | Lee Teng-hui | Lien Chan | Kuomintang |align=right|5,813,699 |align=right|54.0 |- | Peng Ming-min | Frank Hsieh | Democratic Progressive Party |align=right|2,274,586 |align=right|21.1 |- | Lin Yang-kang | Hau Pei-tsun | Independent |align=right|1,603,790 |align=right|14.9 |- | Chen Li-an | Wang Ching-feng | Independent |align=right|1,074,044 |align=right|9.9 |- |colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes||align=right|117,160|| |- |colspan=3|Total||align=right|10,883,279||align=right|100 |} Provided by Wikipedia