Yao Wen-chih (; born 4 December 1965) is a Taiwanese politician also known by the appropriated Tsou name Pasuya Yao. A member of the

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, he served in the

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from 2012 to 2018.

Political career

Yao, a former journalist, was named the minister of the

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in March 2005. By 2006, he had stepped down.

2014 Taipei City mayoral campaign

Yao ran for the mayoralty of Taipei City in the 2014 local elections. He won the first round of a party primary held in May, but lost to independent candidate

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in an opinion poll held the next month. The Democratic Progressive Party chose to back Ko's independent bid for the office, and he defeated

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candidate

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2016 Republic of China legislative election

On 16 January 2016, Yao won the

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for

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2nd constituency representing

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and Datong District. Yao announced that he would contest the Taipei mayoralty for the second time in July 2017. He resigned from the legislature in November 2018 to focus on his mayoral campaign.

2018 Taipei City mayoral election

Filmmaking

Yao retired from politics after finishing third behind Ko Wen-je and Ting Shou-chung, stating that he would begin working on documentaries about activists

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and Cheng Nan-jung. Yao's film production company released the crowdfunded film ''Untold Herstory'' in 2022, on which Yao was credited as producer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yao, Pasuya Living people Fu Jen Catholic University alumni 1965 births Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Hsinchu County Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 8th Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan Taiwanese journalists Taiwanese documentary filmmakers Taiwanese film producers