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Chuang Suo-hang
MLY
莊碩漢
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
ConstituencyTaipei County 1
Personal details
Born (1955-10-24) 24 October 1955 (age 69)
Taipei County, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (since 2002)
Alma materNational Taiwan University
University of Southern California
Occupationpolitician

Chuang Suo-hang (Chinese: 莊碩漢; born 24 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Chuang studied political science at National Taiwan University and earned a Ph.D in the subject at the University of Southern California.[1]

Political career

Chuang joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 2002.[2] He served as spokesperson of the Executive Yuan until 2003, when he was named to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission.[3][4] By 2004, Chuang had stepped down from OCAC to represent the DPP in that year's legislative elections. Upon taking office as legislator, he was named leader of the Exchange Association of Taiwanese and French Legislators within the Legislative Yuan.[5] After losing reelection in 2008 to Wu Chin-chih,[6][7] Chuang became director of the Democratic Progressive Party's Policy Research Committee and acted as party spokesperson.[8][9] He again represented the DPP in the 2012 legislative elections, and lost.[10] Chuang launched his New Taipei mayoral campaign in 2013,[11] and lost to Yu Shyi-kun in a primary.[12] Shortly after the announcement of the New Southbound Policy, Chuang was named to a DPP-convened committee charged with promoting it.[13] In 2017, Chuang was appointed a vice chair of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council[14] and took on the role as chairman of the Taipei World Trade Center in January 2020.[15] Chuang was appointed Taiwan's representative to Thailand in June 2022, succeeding Lee Ying-yuan, who resigned the position in August 2021.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Chuang Suo-hang (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. ^ Chang, Yun-ping (4 July 2004). "DPP using anniversary to vie for Hakkas". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (28 January 2002). "`Combative Cabinet' plans to emphasize team spirit". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (29 January 2003). "Cabinet spokesman accepts offer of OCAC's top job". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (15 June 2005). "Lawmakers to go to EU to discuss arms embargo". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. ^ Huang, Chung-jung (7 January 2008). "Party heavyweights hit campaign trail". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Legislative elections and referendums" (PDF). Taipei Times. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  8. ^ Chang, Rich (25 February 2009). "Activists demand referendum on CECA proposal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  9. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (4 July 2009). "Taiwan will not open median line: Ma". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  10. ^ "2012 ELECTIONS: Chen's son registers for elections". Taipei Times. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Yu eyes New Taipei City bid". Taipei Times. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  12. ^ Wang, Chris (29 November 2013). "Lo drops out of DPP New Taipei City mayor race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  13. ^ Su, Fang-ho; Hetherington, William. "New DPP committee to push 'new southbound policy'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Appointments approved". Taipei Times. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  15. ^ a b Yeh, Su-ping; Yeh, Joseph (13 June 2022). "TAITRA Vice Chairman Chuang Suo-hang named as Taiwan's new envoy to Thailand". Retrieved 13 June 2022.
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