James Soong Chu-yu is a Taiwanese politician who is the founder and current Chairman of the People First Party. Soong was the first and only elected Governor of Taiwan Province from 1994 and 1998. He was a candidate in the 2000 presidential election,which he lost to Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Local elections were held in Taiwan on 3 December 2005 to elect magistrates of counties and mayors of cities,councillors in county/city councils and mayors of townships and cities,known as the three-in-one elections,on 10 June 2006 to elect representatives in township/city councils and village chiefs,on 9 December 2006 to elect mayors and councillors of special municipalities,and on 30 December 2006 to elect village chiefs in Taipei City.
The Love River or Ai River is a river (canal) in southern Taiwan. It originates in Renwu District,Kaohsiung City,and flows 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) through Kaohsiung to Kaohsiung Harbor. Love River is the spine of Kaohsiung,playing a similar role to the River Thames of London. It is of great cultural significance to the people of Kaohsiung and plays an important role in its economy and tourism. A riverside park,the Love River Park,runs along the riverbank in downtown Kaohsiung City. A night market operates in the park,and there are three outdoor cafés,often with live bands. Boats which hold about fifteen people take tourists up and down the river. The scenery is enhanced by attractive city structures near the river,such as the Holy Rosary Cathedral,Kaohsiung Bridge,and the Kaohsiung District Court. Cultural events such as concerts and the Lantern Festival are often held by the river.
Huang Jie is a Taiwanese politician and a former member of the New Power Party. She was elected to the Kaohsiung City Council in 2018,representing Fongshan District. Huang is known for questioning the policies of former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu. In the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election,she was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party to represent the sixth constituency of Kaohsiung,making her the first openly gay member of the chamber.
Wu Den-yih is a Taiwanese politician. He graduated from National Taiwan University and worked as a journalist before beginning a career in politics with a 1973 appointment to the Taipei City Council. Wu was then elected Magistrate of Nantou County,serving from 1981 to 1989. Following two terms as magistrate,he was named Mayor of Kaohsiung in 1990. Wu remained mayor until 1998,having won the office in a 1994 direct election. He then served two full terms in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008. Shortly after winning a third term in the legislature,Wu was named Premier of the Republic of China in 2009. He served until 2012,when he and Ma Ying-jeou formed the Kuomintang (KMT) presidential ticket. Wu served one four-year term as Vice President of the Republic of China,stepping down in 2016. In May 2017,he was elected party chairman. Wu stepped down from the position in January 2020. Previously,Wu had served the KMT as secretary-general from 2007 to 2009,first vice chairman in 2014,and as acting chairman in 2014 and 2015.
Lo Chih-chiang is Taiwanese politician and a member of the Kuomintang (KMT). From 2010 to 2013,he was first the spokesperson and then the Deputy Secretary-General of the ROC Presidential Office. He was elected to the Taipei City Council in 2018. In 2020,at the invitation of KMT chairman Johnny Chiang,he assumed the directorship of the party school,the Institute of Revolutionary Practice.
Chang San-cheng is a Taiwanese politician who has been the mayor of Taoyuan City since 25 December 2022. He was premier of Taiwan from 1 February 2016 until 20 May 2016,appointed by President Ma Ying-jeou. Before assuming the premiership,he had served as vice premier from 8 December 2014 under the Mao Chi-kuo cabinet. Chang was the first nonpartisan premier of Taiwan.
Events from the year 2014 in Taiwan,Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 103 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
Chen Hsueh-sheng is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Lienchiang County from 2001 to 2009,and has represented Lienchiang County in the Legislative Yuan since 2012.
Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 alongside Legislative Yuan election. Incumbent president Tsai Ing-wen and former premier Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the election,defeating Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and his running mate Chang San-cheng,as well as third-party candidate James Soong.
Yao Kao-chiao is a Taiwanese politician and former police officer.
The 2019 Kuomintang presidential primary was held after 22 May 2019 through a series of nationwide opinion polls in order to determine its nominee for the President of the Republic of China in the 2020 presidential election.
The Taiwan People's Party (TPP) is a centre-left political party in the Republic of China (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.
The 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral recall vote was a recall election held on 6 June 2020 to recall the incumbent mayor of Kaohsiung,Han Kuo-yu. The recall was successful,as the number of agree votes (939,090) outnumbered disagree votes and exceeded the minimum requirement of 574,996. An acting mayor was appointed by the Executive Yuan and held office until 24 August 2020,nine days after a by-election was held.
The 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election was held on 15 August 2020 following a successful recall attempt. The registered candidates were Chen Chi-mai representing the Democratic Progressive Party,Li Mei-jhen representing the Kuomintang,and Wu Yi-jheng representing the Taiwan People's Party. Chen Chi-mai won the by-election by a landslide margin with slightly over 70 percent of the votes. He replaced acting mayor Yang Ming-jou on 24 August 2020.
Chen Yi-min,also known as Arthur Chen,is a Taiwanese politician and doctor. He was the vice president of Kaohsiung Medical University. His medical research focuses on cancer,AIDS and epidemiology.
Hsu Kun-yuan was a Taiwanese politician. He was born in Kaohsiung,Taiwan. He was a member of the Kuomintang (KMT). He was a member of the Kaohsiung City Council from 1994 until his death. From 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 until his death,he was Speaker of the City Council.
Local elections were held in Taiwan on 26 November and 18 December 2022 to elect county magistrates,county (city) councilors,township mayors,township councilors and chiefs of village (borough) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities). Elected officials would serve a four-year term. The election was held alongside the 2022 Taiwanese constitutional referendum.
Jeff Wu Fang-ming is a Taiwanese politician. He served as the general manager of the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation since June 2023.
Lin Kuo-cheng is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Kaohsiung City Council from 2002 to 2012,when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan,on which he served until 2016.
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