Cho Po-yuan (; born 27 March 1965) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of

Changhua County Changhua County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest ...

from 20 December 2005 until 25 December 2014.

Education

Cho received his bachelor's and master's degrees in law from

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...

and

National Taiwan Ocean University National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU; ) is a national university in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. NTOU is a member of University System of Taipei. History NTOU was originally established as the Provincial Taiwan Maritime Technology Co ...

, respectively.

Changhua County Magistrate

Changhua County Magistrate election

Cho was elected as the Magistrate of Changhua County after winning the 2005 Taiwan (ROC) local election under

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

on 3 December 2005 and assumed office on 20 December 2005. He was then reelected for the second term after winning the 2009 Taiwan (ROC) local election on 5 December 2009 and took office on 20 December 2009.

Allegation of graft

Cho is currently under investigation for allegations of graft; his brother has been detained by police.

Later political career

Cho finished fourth of four candidates in the

2021 Kuomintang chairmanship election The 2021 Kuomintang chairmanship election () was scheduled to be held in July 2021. It was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and eventually rescheduled for 25 September 2021. It was the tenth direct election of the party leader in Kuomintang ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cho, Po-yuan 1965 births Living people Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Changhua County Magistrates of Changhua County National Taiwan University alumni