Yen Chia-kan

E205441

President of the Republic of China human politician

Yen Chia-kan was a Taiwanese politician who served as President of the Republic of China in the 1970s, overseeing a period of political transition following Chiang Kai-shek's death.

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Label	Occurrences
Yen Chia-kan canonical	4

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1516389 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yen Chia-kan
Context triple: [Chiang Ching-kuo, precededBy, Yen Chia-kan]

A. Tsai Chongxin
Tsai Chongxin, better known as Joe Tsai, is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman and co-founder of Alibaba Group.
B. Chiang Hsiao-wen
Chiang Hsiao-wen was the eldest son of former Republic of China President Chiang Ching-kuo and a member of Taiwan’s influential Chiang political family.
C. Hsu Yung-chang
Hsu Yung-chang was a Chinese military representative who took part in formalizing Japan’s World War II surrender by signing the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
D. Chiang Hsiao-chang
Chiang Hsiao-chang is a Taiwanese figure best known as the daughter of former Republic of China President Chiang Ching-kuo and a member of the influential Chiang political family.
E. Chiang Chieh-shih
Chiang Chieh-shih is the birth name of Chiang Kai-shek, the influential 20th-century Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yen Chia-kan
Target entity description: Yen Chia-kan was a Taiwanese politician who served as President of the Republic of China in the 1970s, overseeing a period of political transition following Chiang Kai-shek's death.

A. Tsai Chongxin
Tsai Chongxin, better known as Joe Tsai, is a Taiwanese-Canadian billionaire businessman and co-founder of Alibaba Group.
B. Chiang Hsiao-wen
Chiang Hsiao-wen was the eldest son of former Republic of China President Chiang Ching-kuo and a member of Taiwan’s influential Chiang political family.
C. Hsu Yung-chang
Hsu Yung-chang was a Chinese military representative who took part in formalizing Japan’s World War II surrender by signing the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
D. Chiang Hsiao-chang
Chiang Hsiao-chang is a Taiwanese figure best known as the daughter of former Republic of China President Chiang Ching-kuo and a member of the influential Chiang political family.
E. Chiang Chieh-shih
Chiang Chieh-shih is the birth name of Chiang Kai-shek, the influential 20th-century Chinese political and military leader who headed the Republic of China.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	President of the Republic of China ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ
almaMater	Shanghai College of Commerce ⓘ linked to: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
birthDate	1905-10-23 ⓘ
birthPlace	Japanese Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan under Japanese rule Taihoku Prefecture ⓘ modern-day Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taipei, Taiwan
countryOfCitizenship	Republic of China ⓘ
deathDate	1993-12-24 ⓘ
deathPlace	Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Hoklo Taiwanese ⓘ linked to: Taiwanese Hokkien
familyName	Yen ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Chia-kan ⓘ
honorificPrefix	His Excellency ⓘ
languageSpoken	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
name	Yen Chia-kan ⓘ 嚴家淦 ⓘ
nationality	Taiwanese ⓘ
notableFor	leading the Executive Yuan as Premier during Taiwan’s early economic development period ⓘ overseeing political transition in Taiwan in the mid-1970s ⓘ serving as President of the Republic of China after the death of Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
numberOfChildren	9 ⓘ
occupation	civil servant ⓘ economist ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeHeld	Governor of Taiwan Province ⓘ Minister of Finance of the Republic of China ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China ⓘ President of the Republic of China ⓘ Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ
politicalParty	Kuomintang ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Taiwan Province ⓘ Minister of Finance of the Republic of China ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China ⓘ President of the Republic of China ⓘ Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ
precededBy	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Presbyterianism ⓘ linked to: Presbyterian
residence	Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
servedUnder	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
spouse	Tsai Chou-hua ⓘ
succeededBy	Chiang Ching-kuo ⓘ
termEnd	Governor of Taiwan Province:1963 ⓘ Minister of Finance of the Republic of China:1950 ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China:1972-06-01 ⓘ President of the Republic of China:1978-05-20 ⓘ Vice President of the Republic of China:1975-04-05 ⓘ
termStart	Governor of Taiwan Province:1963 ⓘ Minister of Finance of the Republic of China:1948 ⓘ Premier of the Republic of China:1963-12-16 ⓘ President of the Republic of China:1975-04-06 ⓘ Vice President of the Republic of China:1972-05-20 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chiang Ching-kuo → precededBy → Yen Chia-kan ⓘ

Premier of the Republic of China → officeHolders → Yen Chia-kan ⓘ

Yen Chia-kan → name → Yen Chia-kan ⓘ

Tsai Chou-hua → spouse → Yen Chia-kan ⓘ

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