The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre to centre-left political party in Taiwan. It is currently the major ruling party in Taiwan,controlling both the presidency and the central government,also the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition.
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.
Kiku Chen Chu is a Taiwanese politician serving as president of the Control Yuan and chairwomen of the National Human Rights Commission since 2020. Before assuming her current post,Chen had served as Secretary-General to the President from 2018 to 2020 and Mayor of Kaohsiung from 2006 to 2018,making her the longest-serving mayor of the city since the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.
Hau Lung-pin is a Taiwanese politician. As a member of the New Party,he was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995,and resigned his seat to lead the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001. Hau stepped down from the EPA in 2003 and served as Mayor of Taipei from 2006 to 2014. He joined the Kuomintang (KMT) in 2006 and has served as vice chairman of the party in 2014 and from 2016 to 2020.
Chou Hsi-wei Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2005. He then served as Taipei County Magistrate from 2005 to 2010.
Wu Po-hsiung is a Taiwanese politician who was the chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT). He has been the Interior Minister (1984–1988),Mayor of Taipei (1988–1990),Secretary-General to the President (1991–1996),and Chairman of the KMT (2007–2009). Wu was nominated as Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang when he was succeeded by Ma Ying-jeou as the Chairman of the Kuomintang.
Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 14 January 2012. The election was held concurrently with legislative elections. It was the fifth direct election for the President of the Republic of China. Prior to 1996,the President was elected by the ROC's National Assembly and not directly by the people.
Eric Li-luan Chu is a Taiwanese politician who is currently the chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Lin Join-sane is a Taiwanese politician. He was the chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation from 27 September 2012 until 20 May 2016.
Hung Hsiu-chu is a Taiwanese politician. As a member of the Kuomintang (KMT),she has served the party as a Deputy Chairperson and Deputy Secretary-General. Hung was first elected to the legislature in 1990,and was the Vice President of the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2016,her eighth term. She became the first female deputy speaker of the Legislative Yuan. She became the Kuomintang's first elected chairwoman later that year,serving until June 2017.
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.
The 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election was held on 17 January 2015 in Taiwan. This was the sixth direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered,due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.
The New Power Party (NPP) is a political party in Taiwan formed in early 2015. The party emerged from the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014,and advocates for universal human rights,civil and political liberties,as well as Taiwan independence/nationalism. The party is a part of the political phenomenon known as the "Third Force" (第三勢力),in which new political parties,unaligned with traditional Pan-Green or Pan-Blue Coalitions,sought to provide an alternative in Taiwanese politics. Nevertheless,the NPP's policies are very much aligned with and closely match the Pan-Green camp;thus the NPP cooperated with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the 2016 elections,going as far as not to run in traditional KMT strongholds to avoid competition with the DPP. The party works in tandem with a perceived generational shift towards Taiwan-centrism as the new socio-cultural norm.
The secretary-general of the Kuomintang is the chief of staff of the Kuomintang,nominated by the chairperson and confirmed by the Central Committee. The position was created in 1926 and is currently held on by Justin Huang,who assumed the post in October 2021.
Chou Shou-hsun is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2012. He is known in English as Justin Chou.
Cheng Yung-chin is a Taiwanese politician.
Lin Rong-te is a Taiwanese politician.
Su Ching-chuan is a Taiwanese physician and politician. He lost the 2008 legislative election,won election to the Legislative Yuan in 2012,and contested the Pingtung County magistracy in 2018 and 2022.
