Su Chiao-hui (; 5 April 1976) is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer.

Early life

Su Chiao-hui was born in Taipei. She obtained her bachelor's degree 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 ...

. She then obtained her

Master of Laws A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ...

from the

Boston University School of Law Boston University School of Law (Boston Law or BU Law) is the law school of Boston University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top law schools in the United States and considered an eli ...

and the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...

Legal career

Su Chiao-hui was a trial lawyer who did pro bono work for people in poverty. While working for Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law, a firm founded by

Fan Kuang-chun Fan Kuang-chun (; born 16 March 1939) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. Education and legal career Fan earned an LL.B from National Taiwan University and studied at Columbia University Law School in the United States. He and John Chen co- ...

and John Chen, Su was mentored by

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. She has also served as executive director of her father's starting in 2012.

Political career

Su defeated Ou Chin-shih and Liao Yi-kun in a Democratic Progressive Party primary held in March 2015 to win her party's nomination for the fifth constituency of New Taipei City. She defeated Kuomintang incumbent

Huang Chih-hsiung Huang Chih-hsiung (; born 16 October 1976 in Taipei County (now New Taipei City), Taiwan) is a Taiwanese athlete. Representing the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal at the Men's 68 kg Tae ...

, who had held the seat for three terms.

Personal life

Su is the eldest daughter of

Su Tseng-chang Hope Su Tseng-chang (; born 28 July 1947) is a Taiwanese politician serving as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2019, and previously from 2006 to 2007. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 ...

and Chan Hsiu-ling. Su's husband, Lungnan Isak Fangas, is an Amis filmmaker.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Su, Chiao-hui 1976 births Living people Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan Taiwanese women lawyers Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan