Tony Jian (Chinese: 簡肇棟; pinyin: Jiǎn Zhàodòng; 18 August 1955 – 29 November 2024) was a Taiwanese physician and politician.
[5] He opposed a plan to reduce Public Welfare Lottery drawings because people with disabilities who sold tickets would earn less money.
[12] Jian believed that financial statements of medical institutions should remain private information, a stance ridiculed by the Taiwan Health Reform Foundation.
[14][15] He challenged the 2008 result in court, and Jian's Kuomintang opponent Chiang Lien-fu was indicted on 29 January 2008.
[23][24] Jian was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in September 2024 by staff of the Chung Shan Medical University Hospital [zh],[25][26] who found a tumor thirteen centimeters in length in his stomach.