page_title: Sun Yun-suan
section_title: Later life
hierarchical_section_title: Sun Yun-suan / Later life
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 孫運璿重慶南路寓所，位於臺北市中正區重慶南路二段6巷10號。
context_page_description: Sun Yun-suan was a Taiwanese 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.
context_section_description: Sun was once regarded as heir apparent to Chiang Ching-kuo, but he suffered a stroke during a legislative interpellation session in 1984, ending his political career. Instead, Lee Teng-hui became Chiang's heir apparent and ultimate successor. Sun resigned as premier on 20 May 1984 and was appointed to the largely honorary position of senior advisor to the President of the Republic of China.
  After his stroke, Sun became a major advocate of health issues such as the importance of monitoring high blood pressure for elderly people. He also campaigned against smoking.
  Another stroke left him needing to use a wheelchair for mobility. Nevertheless, Sun remained politically active in his later years and campaigned on behalf of KMT presidential candidate Lien Chan in the 2004 presidential election.
  He died at the age of 92 while hospitalized at the Veterans General Hospital in Taipei as a result of myocardial infarction and sepsis. His funeral was held on February 25 and his ashes were interred at the Keelung Hsin Hsin Cemetery.
caption: Sun Yun-suan Memorial Museum at his former residence in Taipei.
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