Chang Chau-hsiung

Chang Chau-hsiung (Chinese: 張昭雄; pinyin: Zhāng Zhàoxióng; born 3 February 1942) is a Taiwanese physician and politician. He has served as the vice-chairman of People First Party since 2000.

Early life[]

Born in Takao Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan, Chang was a physician who graduated from National Taiwan University with an MD in 1967.

Early career[]

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 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[]

Chang ran as an independent vice-presidential candidate (on the ticket of James Soong) in the 2000 elections. Along with Soong, he established the People First Party in 2000, after their defeat in the presidential election. In 2006, Chang announced his retirement from politics after Soong heavily lost in the Taipei mayoral election.

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

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[]

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• 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.