Chen Jiau-hua
陳椒華
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2020
ConstituencyNationwide and Overseas (Party-list)
6th Chairperson of the New Power Party
In office
10 November 2020  28 February 2023
Preceded byKao Yu-ting
Succeeded byClaire Wang
Personal details
Born (1959-10-29) 29 October 1959
Tainan, Taiwan
Political partyNew Power Party (since 2019)
Alma materKaohsiung Medical University
National Tsing Hua University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

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.

Political career

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

  1. 立法院 (23 July 2013). "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. Lee, I-chia (12 January 2020). "2020 Elections: Taiwan People's Party tops among 'third force' parties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. Wang, Yang-yu; Kao, Evelyn (10 November 2020). "Chen Jiau-hua elected New Power Party chairwoman". Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. "NPP elects Chen Jiau-hua as new party chairwoman". Taipei Times. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. "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.
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