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Chen Jiau-hua
Chen Jiau-hua (born 29 October 1959) is a Taiwanese conservationist and politician. She won the 2020 legislative elections as a member of the New Power Party.[1] Chen served as leader of the New Power Party from 10 November 2020.
Chen Jiau-hua | |||||||||||
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陳椒華 | |||||||||||
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||
| In office 1 February 2020 – 31 January 2024 | |||||||||||
| Constituency | Nationwide and Overseas (Party-list) | ||||||||||
| 7th Chairperson of the New Power Party | |||||||||||
| In office 10 November 2020 – 28 February 2023 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Kao Yu-ting | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Claire Wang | ||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||
| Born | 29 October 1959 Tainan, Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Political party | New Power Party (since 2019) | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Kaohsiung Medical University National Tsing Hua University | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳椒華 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈椒华 | ||||||||||
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Political career edit
In November 2019, Chen accepted a nomination from the New Power Party to contest the 2020 election as an at-large legislative candidate. She was ranked first on the NPP party list.[2] The New Power Party won over seven percent of the party list vote, allowing three at-large legislative candidates to take office.[3] On 10 November 2020, Chen was subsequently elected party chairman, succeeding Kao Yu-ting.[4][5] Following the 2022 local elections, Chen resigned as NPP chair.[6]
References edit
- ^ 立法院 (23 July 2013). "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Kuo, Chien-shen; Fan, Cheng-hsiang; Mazzetta, Matthew (13 November 2019). "2020 Elections: New Power Party lists 12 at-large legislator nominees". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ Lee, I-chia (12 January 2020). "2020 Elections: Taiwan People's Party tops among 'third force' parties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Wang, Yang-yu; Kao, Evelyn (10 November 2020). "Chen Jiau-hua elected New Power Party chairwoman". Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "NPP elects Chen Jiau-hua as new party chairwoman". Taipei Times. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "ELECTION 2024/Claire Wang elected New Power Party chairwoman". Central News Agency. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Republished as: "Legislator Claire Wang elected NPP chairwoman". Taipei Times. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.