Su Jia-chyuan | |
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蘇嘉全 | |
2nd Chairman of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association | |
Assumed office 27 May 2022 | |
Foreign Minister | Joseph Wu Lin Chia-lung |
Representative | Frank Hsieh |
Preceded by | Chiou I-jen |
36th Secretary-General to the President | |
In office 20 May 2020 – 2 August 2020 | |
President | Tsai Ing-wen |
Preceded by | Chen Chu |
Succeeded by | Liu Chien-sin (acting) |
11th President of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2016 – 31 January 2020 | |
Vice President | Tsai Chi-chang |
Preceded by | Wang Jin-pyng |
Succeeded by | Yu Shyi-kun |
16th and 18th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
In office 20 December 2010 – 15 June 2012 | |
Chairperson | Tsai Ing-wen |
Preceded by | Wu Nai-ren |
Succeeded by | Lin Hsi-yao |
In office 20 December 2009 – 20 May 2010 | |
Chairperson | Tsai Ing-wen |
Preceded by | Wu Nai-ren |
Succeeded by | Wu Nai-ren |
9th Minister of the Council of Agriculture | |
In office 25 January 2006 – 20 May 2008 | |
Prime Minister | Su Tseng-chang Chang Chun-hsiung |
Deputy | Lin Kuo-hua |
Preceded by | Lee Chin-lung |
Succeeded by | Chen Wu-hsiung |
25th Minister of the Interior | |
In office 9 April 2004 – 25 January 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh |
Deputy | Chang Wen-ying[1] |
Preceded by | Yu Cheng-hsien |
Succeeded by | Lee I-yang |
10th Magistrate of Pingtung | |
In office 20 December 1997 – 8 April 2004 | |
Preceded by | Chang Man-chuen (acting) Wu Tse-yuan |
Succeeded by | Wu Ying-wen (acting) Tsao Chi-hung |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 2016 – 31 January 2020 | |
Constituency | Party-list ( Democratic Progressive Party) |
In office 1 February 1993 – 20 December 1997 | |
Constituency | Pingtung County |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 1 February 1987 – 31 January 1993 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pingtung County, Taiwan | 22 October 1956
Nationality | Taiwan |
Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
Spouse | Hung Heng-chu (洪恆珠)[2] |
Alma mater | National Taiwan Ocean University National Sun Yat-sen University |
Su Jia-chyuan (or Su Chia-chyuan; Chinese: 蘇嘉全; pinyin: Sū Jiāquán; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
As the first non-Kuomintang President of the Legislative Yuan, Su is an at-large legislator and previously Commissioner of Pingtung County, and held national posts as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Agriculture under President Chen Shui-bian's administration.[3] From May to August 2020, he briefly served as Secretary General to the President under the Tsai Ing-wen administration.[4]
After graduating from National Pingtung Senior High School, Su attended National Taiwan Ocean University.[5]
In 2010 Su narrowly lost to Jason Hu in the election for Mayor of Taichung.[6]
Su was the vice-presidential candidate on the losing DPP ticket for the 2012 presidential election.[7]
In 2016 legislative elections Su placed on the proportional representation ballot, and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan.[8]
Su was elected the eleventh President of the Legislative Yuan on 1 February 2016, when the members of the ninth Legislative Yuan met for the first time.[9] Su became the first DPP speaker in the Legislative Yuan.[10][11]
Su was named Secretary-General to the President on 20 May 2020.[12][13] He resigned on 2 August 2020, following allegations of bribery against his nephew, legislator Su Chen-ching .[14] In May 2022, Su succeeded Chiou I-jen as head of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association.[15]
Su was impeached by the Control Yuan 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.[16]