Chen Jiau-hua

Chen Jiau-hua
MLY
Chen Jiau-hua MLY
陳椒華
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 2020 – 31 January 2024
Constituency	Nationwide and Overseas (Party-list)
7th Chairperson of the New Power Party
	In office; 10 November 2020 – 28 February 2023
Preceded by	Kao Yu-ting
Succeeded by	Claire Wang
Personal details
Born	29 October 1959 (age 64); Tainan, Taiwan
Political party	New Power Party (since 2019)
Alma mater	Kaohsiung Medical University; National Tsing Hua University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳椒華
Simplified Chinese	陈椒华
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Jiāohuá
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tân Chiohôa

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.

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 first 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] Following the 2022 local elections, Chen resigned as NPP chair.^[6]

References

^ 立法院 (23 July 2013). "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ 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.
^ Lee, I-chia (12 January 2020). "2020 Elections: Taiwan People's Party tops among 'third force' parties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
^ Wang, Yang-yu; Kao, Evelyn (10 November 2020). "Chen Jiau-hua elected New Power Party chairwoman". Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ "NPP elects Chen Jiau-hua as new party chairwoman". Taipei Times. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ "ELECTION 2024/Claire Wang elected New Power Party chairwoman". Central News Agency. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Republished as: "Legislator Claire Wang elected NPP chairwoman". Taipei Times. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[1] 立法院 (23 July 2013). "立法院". 立法院 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 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.

[6] "ELECTION 2024/Claire Wang elected New Power Party chairwoman". Central News Agency. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Republished as: "Legislator Claire Wang elected NPP chairwoman". Taipei Times. 25 February 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

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