Chang San-cheng
Chang San-cheng Simon Chang | |
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張善政 | |
2nd Mayor of Taoyuan | |
Assumed office 25 December 2022 | |
Deputy | See list
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Preceded by | Minister without Portfolio |
In office 6 February 2012 – 2 March 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah |
Succeeded by | Chiang Been-huang |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Taipei, Taiwan | 24 June 1954
Nationality | Taiwan |
Political party | Kuomintang (since 2022) |
Other political affiliations | Independent (before 2022) |
Alma mater | National Taiwan University Stanford University Cornell University |
Chang San-cheng (or Simon Chang)
Chang began an independent campaign for the
Education
Chang earned his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1976. In 1977, he finished his master's degree in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University. In 1981, He received a doctoral degree in civil and environmental engineering from Cornell University.[8]
Early career
Upon graduation, Chang returned to Taiwan to serve as a lecturer, associate professor and finally, professor in the Department of Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University from 1981 to 1990. He was the Director for
Political career
Chang was first appointed and involved in politics as a
Caretaker Premiership (2016)
On January 16, 2016, after the KMT lost the presidency and its majority in the
On 1 February, the then-incumbent President
2020 presidential campaign
Chang announced his independent candidacy for the
Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
President | Vice president | |||||
Democratic Progressive Party | Tsai Ing-wen | William Lai
|
8,170,231 | 57.13% | ||
Kuomintang | Han Kuo-yu | Chang San-cheng | 5,522,119 | 38.61% | ||
People First Party
|
James Soong | Sandra Yu | 608,590 | 4.26% | ||
Total | 14,300,940 | 100% | ||||
Valid votes | 14,300,940 | 98.87% | ||||
Invalid votes | 163,631 | 1.13% | ||||
Votes cast / turnout | 14,464,571 | 74.90% | ||||
Eligible voters | 19,311,105 |
Later political career
In May 2022, Chang was nominated by the Kuomintang as its candidate in the local elections for the Taoyuan mayoralty after a closed-door meeting of the party's Central Standing Committee.[16] Chang was elected by 52.02% percentage of votes and assumed office in December 2022.
See also
- List of vice premiers of the Republic of China
References
- ^ a b "桃園市第3屆市長選舉選舉公報" (PDF). Central Election Commission (in Chinese). November 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Cabinet secretary-general to head MOI". The China Post. 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "Vice Premier Chang San-cheng to assume premiership". Executive Yuan. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
- ^ "Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Executive Yuan Officials". Ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Exclusive Interview with Chang San-cheng, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan". Web.iii.org.tw. 2012-03-26. Archived from the original on 2014-12-09. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ to 1 February 2016 "Premier picks new ministers in reshuffle". Taipei Times. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "Chang San-cheng named Minister of Science and Technology(Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Press Releases)". Ey.gov.tw. 2014-02-26. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- ^ "行政院全球資訊網". www.ey.gov.tw. 1 December 2011.
- ^ Lee, Hsin-fang (17 February 2019). "Former premier Simon Chang seeks 2020 presidential run as independent". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ Yu, Hsiang; Hsu, Elizabeth (30 July 2019). "'1992 consensus' no longer useful: Han Kuo-yu chief adviser". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ Wang, Shwu-fen; Kao, Evelyn (30 July 2019). "Han Kuo-yu to establish campaign headquarters in Kaohsiung". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ Chen, Yun; Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Chung, Jake (18 August 2019). "Han announces creation of policy advisory group". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Maxon, Ann (12 November 2019). "Han picks ex-premier as running mate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ Yu, Hsiang; Wang, Shu-fen; Lim, Emerson (11 November 2019). "Analysts hold split views on Han's selection of running mate". Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Liu, Kuan-ting; Shih, Hsiu-chuan (18 May 2022). "KMT picks ex-Premier Simon Chang to run for Taoyuan mayor". Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
External links
- Chang San-cheng on Facebook
- DPP: Democratic Progressive Party
- KMT: Kuomintang
- TPP: Taiwan People's Party
- Ind.: Non-partisan