Chen Jiau-hua

Chen Jiau-hua (born 29 October 1959) is a Taiwanese conservationist and politician. She won the 2020 legislative elections as a member of the New Power Party.[1] Chen served as leader of the New Power Party from 10 November 2020.

In this article, the surname is Chen.
Chen Jiau-hua

MLY
陳椒華
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2020
ConstituencyRepublic of China
Chairperson of the New Power Party
Assumed office
10 November 2020
Preceded byKao Yu-ting
Personal details
Born (1959-10-29) 29 October 1959
Tainan, Taiwan
Political partyNew Power Party (since 2019)
Alma materKaohsiung Medical University
National Tsing Hua University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳椒華
Simplified Chinese陈椒华

Political career

In November 2019, Chen accepted a nomination from the New Power Party to contest the 2020 election as an at-large legislative candidate. She was ranked second on the NPP party list.[2] The New Power Party won over seven percent of the party list vote, allowing three at-large legislative candidates to take office.[3] On 10 November 2020, Chen was subsequently elected party chairman, succeeding Kao Yu-ting.[4][5]

References
  1. 立法院 (23 July 2013). "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. Kuo, Chien-shen; Fan, Cheng-hsiang; Mazzetta, Matthew (13 November 2019). "2020 Elections: New Power Party lists 12 at-large legislator nominees". Central News Agency. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. Lee, I-chia (12 January 2020). "2020 Elections: Taiwan People's Party tops among 'third force' parties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. Wang, Yang-yu; Kao, Evelyn (10 November 2020). "Chen Jiau-hua elected New Power Party chairwoman". Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. "NPP elects Chen Jiau-hua as new party chairwoman". Taipei Times. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
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