Chen Jiau-hua

In this article, the surname is Chen.

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	(1959-10-29) 29 October 1959 (age 65) 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
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]

On 17 August 2022, in the aftermath of then Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan on 2–3 August, China blacklisted seven Taiwanese officials including Chen due to their alleged support for Taiwanese independence. The blacklist bans them from entering mainland China and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and restricts them from working with Chinese officials. Chinese state-run tabloid Global Times labelled Chen and the six officials as "diehard secessionists".[6]

Following the 2022 local elections, Chen resigned as NPP chair.[7]

References

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. "China imposes sanctions on seven Taiwan 'secessionist' officials". Al Jazeera. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
7. "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.