Chang Chau-hsiung (; born 3 February 1942) is a Taiwanese physician and politician. He has served as the vice-chairman of
People First Party since 2000.
Early life
Born in
Takao Prefecture
was one of the administrative divisions of Taiwan during the Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County.
Population
Administrative divisions
Cities and districts
In 1945 ( Shōwa 20), the ...
,
Taiwan, Empire of Japan, Chang was a physician who graduated 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 ...
with an
MD in 1967.
Early career
In 1967, Chang finished his surgical training in the
university hospital
A university hospital is an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the education of medical students and with medical research. These hospitals are typically affiliated with a medical school or university. The following i ...
. He then served as a resident doctor and chief resident doctor until 1972. He then went to the United States for further training. He worked in
Michael Reese Hospital
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center was an American hospital located in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1881, Michael Reese Hospital was a major research and teaching hospital and one of the oldest and largest ...
,
Texas Heart Institute and
Mokral Hospital for medical research and surgical practice. He returned to Taiwan in 1976.
Chang worked in the university hospital as a part-time
attending physician
In the United States and Canada, an attending physician (also known as a staff physician or supervising physician) is a physician (usually an M.D. or D.O.) who has completed residency and practices medicine in a clinic or hospital, in the spec ...
from 1976 to 1977. He worked at
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from 1976 to 1999, and was the president of
Chang Gung University
Chang Gung University (CGU; ) is a private university in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
History
The institution was established as the Chang Gung Medical College in April 1987. Engineering and management students have been accepted si ...
from 1997 to 1999. He is the author of sixteen and coauthor of 167 scientific citation index papers.
Political career
Chang ran as an independent vice-presidential candidate (on the ticket of
James Soong
James Soong Chu-yu (born 16 March 1942) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the founder and current Chairman of the People First Party.
Born to a Kuomintang military family of Hunanese origin, Soong began his political career as a secretary to ...
) in the
2000 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2000.
Africa
* 2000 Ethiopian general election
* 2000 Ghanaian presidential election
* 1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election
* 2000–01 Ivorian parliamentary election
* 2000 Ivorian preside ...
. Along with Soong, he established the
People First Party in 2000, after their defeat in the presidential election. In 2006, Chang announced his retirement from politics after Soong heavily lost in the
Taipei mayoral election.
Personal life
He is married to Lee Fang-hui () with two sons.
See also
*
Politics of Taiwan
The Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國政治, Pinyin: ''Zhōnghuá Mínguó de zhèngzhì'') (commonly known as Taiwan) is governed in a framework of a representative democratic republic under a Five-Power system envisioned by Sun ...
References
Soong chooses `non-political' doctor as his running mate Taipei Times
The ''Taipei Times'' is the only printed daily English-language newspaper in Taiwan, and the third established there. Online competitors include the state-owned '' Focus Taiwan'' and '' Taiwan News''; '' The China Post'' was formerly a compet ...
, Nov 12, 1999. Accessed 2011-02-12.
Lien urges Chang to run for Kaohsiung The China Post
''The China Post'' () was an English-language newspapers published in Taiwan (officially the Republic of China), alongside the ''Taipei Times
The ''Taipei Times'' is the only printed daily English-language newspaper in Taiwan, and the thi ...
, June 7, 2002. Accessed 2011-02-12.
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1942 births
Living people
National Taiwan University alumni
People First Party (Taiwan) politicians
Taiwanese surgeons
Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Kaohsiung