Ariel Chang | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
張雅琳 | |||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Constituency | National At-Large | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1980 Taipei County,Taiwan | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||||||||||
| Education | National Taiwan Ocean University Ulster University | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張雅琳 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Ariel Chang (born 29 August 1980) is a Taiwanese children's rights activist and politician.
Chang was born in Taipei County on 29 August 1980,and graduated from National Taiwan Ocean University and Ulster University. [1]
Chang worked in public relations for Sanofi,Acuvue,and Mondelez International, [1] and later headed the organization Taiwan Parks and Playgrounds for Children by Children. [2] She was ranked third on the Democratic Progressive Party list for proportional representation. [3] [4] While formally registering her candidacy for the 2024 legislative election,Chang expressed hope that the government would consider children's' needs in the policymaking process. [5]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan,officially the Republic of China (ROC). It is currently the major ruling party in Taiwan,controlling both the presidency and the central government,while also being the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition,one of the two main political groups in Taiwan.
Su Tseng-chang is a Taiwanese politician who served as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2019 to 2023. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. Su served as Chief of Staff to President Chen Shui-bian in 2004. He is currently the longest-serving Democratic Progressive premier in history.
Chai Trong-rong,sometimes known in English as Trong Chai,was a Taiwanese politician.
Lin Chia-lung is a Taiwanese politician and former academic who is the Secretary General to the President of Taiwan,serving since 31 January 2023. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),he served as mayor of Taichung City from 2014 to 2018.
Lai Ching-te,also known as William Lai,is a Taiwanese politician and former physician who is currently serving as the 8th president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since May 2024. He is the third member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to assume the office of president and the first whose predecessor was also a DPP member. He is also the third incumbent vice president to succeed to the presidency and the first to assume the office through election instead of immediate succession. He has also served as the chair of the DPP since 2023.
Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Ing-wen with her independent running mate Chen Chien-jen won over Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and James Soong of the People First Party (PFP). Tsai became the first female president in Taiwan,as well as in the Chinese-speaking world.
Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016 to elect all 113 members in the Legislative Yuan,alongside presidential elections. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by Tsai Ing-wen,who also won the presidential election on the same day,secured a majority for the first time in history by winning 68 seats. The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) lost both the presidency and its legislative majority and returned to the opposition.
Wellington Koo Li-hsiung is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. During his legal career,Koo represented several politicians. His own political career began with a term on the National Assembly,followed by an unsuccessful campaign for the Taipei mayoralty in 2013. In 2016,he was elected a legislator at large representing the Democratic Progressive Party. Koo left the Legislative Yuan to lead the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee. In 2017,he became chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission. Koo was appointed secretary-general of the National Security Council in 2020. Koo served in the role until 2024,when he was appointed minister of National Defense.
Liao Pen-yen is a Taiwanese politician who served two terms in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008.
Yu Tian,born Yu Tsing-yuan,is a Taiwanese politician and pop singer in Mandarin and Hokkien. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party,Yu currently serves as a member of the Legislative Yuan and previously held the same seat from 2008 to 2012.
Lisa Huang is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. She served on the Legislative Yuan between 2012 and 2014.
Frida Tsai is a Taiwanese activist and politician. She served in the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2020,contested the Nantou County magistracy later that year,and in 2023,was reelected to the Legislative Yuan. She lost election the following year to Yu Hao.
Ko Chih-en is a Taiwanese educator and politician who has served on the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2020,and was reelected in 2024.
Wei Yao-chien is a Taiwanese politician.
The Taiwan People's Party (TPP) is a centre-left political party in Taiwan. It was formally established on 6 August 2019 by Ko Wen-je,who serves as its first and current chairman. The party considers itself as an alternative third party to both the Democratic Progressive Party and Kuomintang.
Cheng Cheng-chien is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Hsinchu City Council from 2002 to 2020,when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan.
Ann Kao Hung-an is a Taiwanese business executive and politician. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from National Taiwan Normal University and National Taiwan University,respectively,before working as a researcher for the Institute for Information Industry. The institute subsidized Kao's doctoral study at the University of Cincinnati. She then worked for Foxconn until 2020,when she was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a member of the Taiwan People's Party (TPP). Partway through her legislative term,Kao was elected Mayor of Hsinchu during the 2022 local election cycle. On 26 July 2024,Kao was removed from office and withdrew from the TPP due to corruption allegations.
Loh Meei-ling is a Malaysian-born Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Nantou County Council from 2014 to 2020,when she was elected to the 10th Legislative Yuan. Lo followed Lin Li-chan as the second immigrant to Taiwan to serve as a member of the Legislative Yuan.
Tsai Pi-ru is a Taiwanese politician. She was a nurse and colleague of Ko Wen-je at National Taiwan University Hospital. After Ko was elected Mayor of Taipei in 2014,Tsai began her political career as Ko's chief of staff. In 2019,she became a founding member of the Taiwan People's Party led by Ko,and was elected to the 10th Legislative Yuan via party list proportional representation in 2020. Tsai resigned her legislative seat in 2022,and was replaced by Cynthia Wu.
Legislative elections were held in the Republic of China (Taiwan) on 13 January,2024 for the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China concurrently with the presidential election. This election was the fifth to use the mixed electoral system after it was introduced to legislative elections.