Su Tseng-chang

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Su Tseng-chang

Su Tseng-chang ( Chinese  蘇貞昌  /  苏贞昌 , Pinyin Sū Zhēnchāng , born July 28, 1947 in Pingtung County ) is a Taiwanese politician, former chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Prime Minister of the Republic for the second time since January 14, 2019 China (Taiwan) .

Life

After studying law at Taiwan National University , Su worked as a lawyer from 1973 to 1983. During this time he was one of the defenders of the so-called Kaohsiung incident , a milestone of the Taiwanese democracy movement, together with the later President Chen Shui-bian . In 1986 he was one of the co-founders of the Democratic Progressive Party (DDP) and was its general secretary in 1993 and party chairman in 2005. In Chen Shui-bian's second term as president, Su served as Taiwan's Prime Minister from January 25, 2006 to May 12, 2007.

Su was one of the candidates for the DPP's candidacy for the 2008 presidential election , but withdrew his candidacy after he was beaten in the primary by Frank Hsieh . After the defeat of the DPP in the 2012 presidential elections , Su took on the position of party chairman for the second time on May 30, 2012, which he held until he was replaced by Tsai Ing-wen on May 28, 2014. His daughter Su Chiao-hui is currently a member of the Legislative Yuan .

On January 11, 2019, Su was appointed by Tsai, who is now president, to succeed Lai Ching-te as Chairman of the Executive Yuan and thus (for the second time since 2006) Prime Minister of Taiwan. He took office on January 14th.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Taipei Times, May 31, 2012
  2. ↑ Su Tseng-chang named as new premier , Focus Taiwan, January 11, 2019
  3. ↑ Sean Lin: Former premier Su to regain position. Taipei Times , January 12, 2019, accessed the following day (English)
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Su is the family name here, Tseng-chang is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Su, Tseng-chang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sū, Zhēnchāng
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Taiwanese politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of China
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1947