Chang Hung-lu (; born 10 January 1972) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Chang obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from Soochow University and master's degree in education from

National Taipei University of Education National Taipei University of Education (NTUE; ) is a university located in Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan that predominantly focuses on teacher training. It was established in 1895, at the beginning of the Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan, ...

Political career

Chang is a close ally of

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, having worked for him from 1996 to 2004. From 2002 to 2005, he led the Taipei County Bureau of Civil Affairs. Chang stepped down from the

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's Central Standing Committee in 2010. During his stint on the

New Taipei City Council New Taipei City Council () is the city council of New Taipei City, Republic of China. It is now composed of 66 councillors, all recently elected on 24 November 2018 in the local elections. Along with the Kaohsiung City Council, the city counci ...

, ten members of the council were charged with "divulging secrets" in a council speakership election. All charges were cleared by the Taiwan High Court in January 2015. Chang ran for the

Banqiao District Banqiao District () is a district and the seat of New Taipei City, Taiwan. It has the third-highest population density in Taiwan, with over . Until the creation of New Taipei City, Banqiao (then transliterated as Banciao or Pan-ch'iao) was an in ...

seat in the

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in 2016, and succeeded incumbent

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, who did not run for reelection.

References

1972 births Living people Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan New Taipei City Councilors Mayors of places in Taiwan Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan {{Taiwan-mayor-stub