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In this Chinese name, the family name is 張 (Chang).
Chang Chau-hsiung
張昭雄
Vice Chairperson of People First Party
In office
31 March 2000 – July 2016
ChairpersonJames Soong
Personal details
Born (1942-02-03) 3 February 1942 (age 82)
Takao, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyPeople First Party (2000–)
SpouseLee Fang-hui
EducationNational Taiwan University (MD)
Occupation
  • Surgeon
  • politician

Chang Chau-hsiung (Chinese: 張昭雄; pinyin: Zhāng Zhàoxióng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Chiau-hiông; born 3 February 1942) is a Taiwanese physician and politician. He served as the vice-chairman of People First Party from 2000 to 2016.

Early life and education

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Born in Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan, Chang was a physician who graduated from National Taiwan University with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in 1967.

Early career

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In 1967, Chang finished his surgical training in the university hospital. He then served as a resident doctor and chief resident doctor until 1972. He then went to the United States for further training. He worked in Michael Reese Hospital, Texas Heart Institute and Mokral Hospital for medical research and surgical practice. He returned to Taiwan in 1976.

Chang worked in the university hospital as a part-time attending physician from 1976 to 1977. He worked at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from 1976 to 1999, and was the president of Chang Gung University from 1997 to 1999. He is the author of sixteen and coauthor of 167 scientific citation index papers.

Political career

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Chang, a former adviser to Chen Shui-bian,[1] ran as an independent vice-presidential candidate (on the ticket of James Soong) in the 2000 election.[2] Along with Soong, he established the People First Party in 2000, after their defeat in the presidential election.[3][4] Chang was named the PFP's top choice as a fusion candidate for the 2002 Kaohsiung mayoral election.[5][6] When Chang ended his campaign, the PFP moved to support Chang Po-ya.[7][8] The Pan-Blue coalition formally selected Kuomintang member Huang Jun-ying.[9] In 2006, Chang announced his retirement from politics after Soong heavily lost in the Taipei mayoral election.[10][11]

2000 Republic of China presidential election results
Political affiliation Candidate Votes
President Vice President Total votes Percentage
Democratic Progressive Party Chen Shui-bian Annette Lu 4,977,737 39.3%
Independent James Soong Chang Chau-hsiung 4,664,932 36.8%
Kuomintang Lien Chan Vincent Siew 2,925,513 23.1%
Independent Hsu Hsin-liang Josephine Chu 79,429 0.63%
New Party Li Ao Elmer Fung 16,782 0.13%
Total 12,786,671 82.69% voter turnout
Valid votes 12,664,393
Invalid votes 122,278

Chang resigned the vice chairmanship of the People's First Party in July 2016.[12][13]

Personal life

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He is married to Lee Fang-hui (Chinese: 李芳惠; pinyin: Li Fanghui) with two sons.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lin, Chieh-yu (13 November 1999). "Soong's choice faces the press". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ Chen, Lauren (12 November 1999). "Soong chooses 'non-political' doctor as his running mate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ Yu, Sen-lun (23 March 2000). "Soong campaign team working on forming new party". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ Prelypchan, Erin (1 April 2000). "Soong elected chairman of the PFP". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (2 July 2002). "Chang Po-ya called a contender in Kaohsiung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  6. ^ Huang, Sandy (29 July 2002). "KMT-PFP to name joint candidate by end of the week". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  7. ^ Huang, Sandy (10 September 2002). "PFP's man withdraws from Kaohsiung race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  8. ^ Low, Stephanie (17 October 2002). "KMT-PFP plan to cooperate one step closer to nowhere". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  9. ^ Low, Stephanie (1 August 2001). "KMT wants Huang in Kaohsiung". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  10. ^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (13 December 2006). "Chang sets condition for staying in PFP". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  11. ^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan; Ko, Shu-ling (11 December 2006). "Elections 2006: PFP lawmakers urge Soong to think again about quitting". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  12. ^ "獨家！孤臣最後一滴眼淚 》張昭雄辭去長庚董事與革新小組召集人". 今周刊. 2017-10-19. Archived from the original on 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  13. ^ "張昭雄：兩岸僵局先放著心通最重要". 台灣中評網. 2016-07-01. Archived from the original on 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
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