Su Jia-chyuan (or Su Chia-chyuan; ; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

(DPP). As the first non-

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 ...

President of the

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, Su is an at-large legislator and previously Commissioner of

Pingtung County Pingtung County is a county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county seat is Pin ...

, and held national posts as

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and

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under President

Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian (; born 12 October 1950) is a retired Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) whic ...

's administration. From May to August 2020, he briefly served as Secretary General to the President under the

Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan. She served as ...

administration.

Education

After graduating from

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, Su attended

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 ...

2010 Taichung City Mayoralty election

In 2010 Su narrowly lost to

Jason Hu Jason Hu (; born 15 May 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the mayor of Taichung as provincial city in 2001-2010 and as special municipality in 2010–2014. He is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), and has been the Vice Chairman of the pa ...

in the

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for Mayor of

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2012 Taiwan presidential election

Su was the vice-presidential candidate on the losing DPP ticket for the 2012 presidential election.

2016 elections

In 2016 legislative elections Su placed on the proportional representation ballot, and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan. Su was elected the eleventh

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on 1 February 2016, when the members of the ninth Legislative Yuan met for the first time. Su became the first DPP speaker in the Legislative Yuan.

Later political career

Su was named Secretary-General to the President on 20 May 2020. He resigned on 2 August 2020, following allegations of bribery against his nephew, legislator . In May 2022, Su succeeded

Chiou I-jen Chiou I-jen (), born May 9, 1950, is a Taiwanese politician who was a Vice Premier of the Republic of China between 17 May 2007 and 6 May 2008. Early life Chiou was born in 1950 in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan. He earned a BA in philoso ...

as head of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association.

Controversy

Su was impeached by the

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on 3 September 2012, for illegally constructing a luxury farmhouse on agricultural land without engaging in any agriculture. Su's villa, built on agricultural land, was a controversial issue in the 2012 presidential elections.

References

Living people 1956 births National Sun Yat-sen University alumni Magistrates of Pingtung County Taiwanese Ministers of Agriculture Taiwanese Ministers of the Interior Members of the 2nd Legislative Yuan Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan Taiwanese Presidents of the Legislative Yuan Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Pingtung County Members of the Legislative Yuan {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub