Su Jia-chyuan

Su Jia-chyuan (or Su Chia-chyuan; Chinese: 蘇嘉全; pinyin: Sū Jiāquán; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

As the first non-Kuomintang President of the Legislative Yuan, Su is an at-large legislator and previously Commissioner of Pingtung County, and held national posts as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Agriculture under President Chen Shui-bian's administration. From May to August 2020, he briefly served as Secretary General to the President under the Tsai Ing-wen administration.

Education

After graduating from National Pingtung Senior High School, Su attended National Taiwan Ocean University.

2010 Taichung City Mayoralty election

In 2010 Su narrowly lost to Jason Hu in the election for Mayor of Taichung.

2012 Taiwan presidential election

Su was the vice-presidential candidate on the losing DPP ticket for the 2012 presidential election.

2016 elections

In 2016 legislative elections Su placed on the proportional representation ballot, and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan.

Su was elected the eleventh President of the Legislative Yuan on 1 February 2016, when the members of the ninth Legislative Yuan met for the first time. Su became the first DPP speaker in the Legislative Yuan.

Later political career

Su was named Secretary-General to the President on 20 May 2020. He resigned on 2 August 2020, following allegations of bribery against his nephew, legislator Su Chen-ching. In May 2022, Su succeeded Chiou I-jen as head of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association.

Controversy

Su was impeached by the Control Yuan on 3 September 2012, for illegally constructing a luxury farmhouse on agricultural land without engaging in any agriculture. Su's villa, built on agricultural land, was a controversial issue in the 2012 presidential elections.

References

1. 2012 Taiwanese presidential election
2. Hsiao Bi-khim
3. Su Chia-fu
4. President Su
5. Wang Jin-pyng
6. Tsai Ing-wen
7. You Si-kun
8. Chiang Wan-an
9. John McCain
10. Democratic Progressive Party
11. Legislative Yuan
12. Su Chiao-hui
13. Kao Chin Su-mei
14. National Sun Yat-sen University
15. Freddy Lim
16. 2010 Taiwanese local elections
17. Tainan
18. Johnny Chiang
19. Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush
20. Huang Kuo-chang