Chang Chau-hsiung
Chang Chau-hsiung (simplified Chinese: 张昭雄; traditional Chinese: 張昭雄; pinyin: Zhāng Zhàoxióng) (born February 3, 1942) is the vice-chairman of People First Party of the Republic of China since 2000.
Early life
Born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Empire of Japan, Chang was a physician who graduated from National Taiwan University with an MD in 1967.
Early career
He worked in the university hospital as a part-time attending physician from 1976 to 1977. He then worked in the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from 1976 to 1999, and since 1997 as its president. Chang is the author of sixteen and coauthor of 167 scientific citation index papers.
Political career
Chang ran as an independent vice-presidential candidate (on the ticket of James Soong) in the 2000 elections.
| 2000 Republic of China Presidential Election Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political affiliation | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| President | Vice President | Total votes | Percentage | |||
 Democratic Progressive Party |
Chen Shui-bian | Annette Lu | 4,977,737 | 39.3% |  | |
.svg.png){kind=icon} 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 | |||||
Personal life
He is married to Lee Fang-hui (Chinese: 李芳惠; pinyin: Li Fanghui) with two sons.
See also
- Politics of Taiwan
References
- Soong chooses `non-political' doctor as his running mate. Taipei Times, Nov 12, 1999. Accessed 2011-02-12.
- Lien urges Chang to run for Kaohsiung. The China Post, June 7, 2002. Accessed 2011-02-12.
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