Sun Yun-suan
| Sun Yun-suan 孫運璿 |
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| 10th Premier of the Republic of China | |
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In office 30 May 1978 – 20 May 1984 |
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| President | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| Vice Premier |
Hsu Ching-chung Chiu Chuang-huan |
| 13th Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China | |
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In office 1 October 1969 – 29 May 1978 |
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| President |
Chiang Kai-shek Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo |
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11 November 1913 Penglai, Shandong |
| Died | 15 February 2006 (aged 92) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Cause of death | Myocardial infarction and septicemia |
| Resting place | Keelung Hsin Hsin Cemetery |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Spouse(s) | Yu Hui-hsuen |
| Children | Sun Luxi Sun Lujun Sun Yihe Sun Yihong |
| Alma mater | Harbin Institute of Technology |
Sun Yun-suan (Chinese: 孫運璿; pinyin: Sūn Yùnxuán; November 11, 1913 – February 15, 2006) was a Chinese engineer and politician. As minister of economic affairs from 1969 to 1978 and Premier of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1984, he was credited for overseeing the transformation of Taiwan from being a mainly agricultural economy to an export powerhouse.
Born in Penglai, Shandong, he earned his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 1934. From 1937 to 1940 he was an engineer at the National Resources Commission and worked at a government-run power station in Qinghai province. During World War II (from 1943 to 1945), he was sent by the National Resources Commission to train in the United States as an engineer at the Tennessee Valley Authority.
In 1946, he was sent to Taiwan (which had just been handed over to the Nationalist Government from Japan following the Allied victory in World War II) to work at the Taiwan Power Company, a public utility. Managing a staff of several hundred, Sun was able to get 80% of the power network in Taiwan (destroyed during the war) restored in five months. At Taiwan Power Company, he was Head Engineer of the Electrical and Mechanical Department from 1946 to 1950, Chief Engineer from 1950 to 1962, and Vice President from 1953 to 1962.
Due to his successes in Taiwan, the World Bank sent him to Nigeria as head of the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria in 1964, which he served as CEO and General Manager until 1967. He increased Nigeria's power supply by 88%.
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