Su Jia-chyuan

Su Jia-chyuan
蘇嘉全
Official portrait, 2016
2nd Chairman of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association
Assumed office
27 May 2022
Foreign MinisterJoseph Wu
Lin Chia-lung
RepresentativeFrank Hsieh
Preceded byChiou I-jen
36th Secretary-General to the President
In office
20 May 2020 – 2 August 2020
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
Preceded byChen Chu
Succeeded byLiu Chien-sin (acting)
11th President of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2016 – 31 January 2020
Vice PresidentTsai Chi-chang
Preceded byWang Jin-pyng
Succeeded byYu Shyi-kun
16th and 18th Secretary-General of the
Democratic Progressive Party
In office
20 December 2010 – 15 June 2012
ChairpersonTsai Ing-wen
Preceded byWu Nai-ren
Succeeded byLin Hsi-yao
In office
20 December 2009 – 20 May 2010
ChairpersonTsai Ing-wen
Preceded byWu Nai-ren
Succeeded byWu Nai-ren
9th Minister of the Council of Agriculture
In office
25 January 2006 – 20 May 2008
Prime MinisterSu Tseng-chang
Chang Chun-hsiung
DeputyLin Kuo-hua
Preceded byLee Chin-lung
Succeeded byChen Wu-hsiung
25th Minister of the Interior
In office
9 April 2004 – 25 January 2006
Prime MinisterYu Shyi-kun
Frank Hsieh
DeputyChang Wen-ying[1]
Preceded byYu Cheng-hsien
Succeeded byLee I-yang
10th Magistrate of Pingtung
In office
20 December 1997 – 8 April 2004
Preceded byChang Man-chuen (acting)
Wu Tse-yuan
Succeeded byWu Ying-wen (acting)
Tsao Chi-hung
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2016 – 31 January 2020
ConstituencyParty-list ( Democratic Progressive Party)
In office
1 February 1993 – 20 December 1997
ConstituencyPingtung County
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1 February 1987 – 31 January 1993
Personal details
Born (1956-10-22) 22 October 1956 (age 68)
Pingtung County, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
SpouseHung Heng-chu (洪恆珠)[2]
Alma materNational Taiwan Ocean University
National Sun Yat-sen University

Su Jia-chyuan (or Su Chia-chyuan; Chinese: 蘇嘉全; pinyin: Sū Jiāquán; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

As the first non-Kuomintang President of the Legislative Yuan, Su is an at-large legislator and previously Commissioner of Pingtung County, and held national posts as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Agriculture under President Chen Shui-bian's administration.[3] From May to August 2020, he briefly served as Secretary General to the President under the Tsai Ing-wen administration.[4]

  1. ^ Chuang, Jimmy (4 June 2005). "SEF boss aims for 'permanent peace' - Taipei Times". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  2. ^ Strong, Matthew (12 November 2019). "Wife of Taiwan legislative speaker drops out of potentially divisive election race". Taiwan News. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Su Jia-chyuan(蘇嘉全) | Who's Who". Want China Times. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. ^ Sylvia Teng (2 August 2020). "姪子涉收賄 台灣總統府秘書長蘇嘉全請辭獲准" (in Chinese). 台灣英文新聞. Retrieved 2 January 2022.