Su Tseng-chang | |
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蘇貞昌 | |
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2024 | |
| President | Lai Ching-te |
| 20th and 30th Premier of the Republic of China | |
| In office 14 January 2019 – 31 January 2023 | |
| President | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Vice Premier | Chen Chi-mai Shen Jong-chin |
| Preceded by | Lai Ching-te |
| Succeeded by | Chen Chien-jen |
| In office 25 January 2006 – 21 May 2007 | |
| President | Chen Shui-bian |
| Vice Premier | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Preceded by | Frank Hsieh |
| Succeeded by | Chang Chun-hsiung |
| 10th and 14th Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
| In office 30 May 2012 – 28 May 2014 | |
| Deputy | Lin Hsi-yao |
| Preceded by | Chen Chu (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Tsai Ing-wen |
| In office 15 February 2005 – 3 December 2005 | |
| Deputy | Chang Chun-hsiung Lee I-yang |
| Preceded by | Ker Chien-ming (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Annette Lu (acting) |
| 23rd Secretary-General to the President | |
| In office 20 May 2004 – 1 January 2005 | |
| President | Chen Shui-bian |
| Preceded by | Chiou I-jen |
| Succeeded by | Yu Shyi-kun |
| 11th Magistrate of Taipei County | |
| In office 20 December 1997 – 20 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | You Ching |
| Succeeded by | Lin Hsi-yao (acting) |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 1996 – 20 December 1997 | |
| Constituency | Taipei County |
| 5th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party | |
| In office 22 November 1993 – 3 July 1995 | |
| Chairman | Hsu Hsin-liang Shih Ming-te |
| Preceded by | Chiang Peng-chien |
| Succeeded by | Chiou I-jen |
| 8th Magistrate of Pingtung | |
| In office 20 December 1989 – 20 December 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Shih Meng-hsiung |
| Succeeded by | Wu Tse-yuan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1948 Pingtung City, Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Spouse | Chan Hsiu-ling |
| Children | 3, including Chiao-hui |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘇貞昌 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏贞昌 | ||||||||||
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Su Tseng-chang (Chinese: 蘇貞昌; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘ Cheng-chhiong; born 28 July 1948) is a Taiwanese politician who served as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2019 to 2023. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 to 2014.[1] Su served as Chief of Staff to President Chen Shui-bian in 2004.[2] He is currently the longest-serving Democratic Progressive premier in history.
Su actively campaigned for the DPP presidential nomination in 2008, but finished second to Frank Hsieh. Su eventually teamed with Hsieh as the vice presidential nominee; the DPP lost to the Kuomintang ticket of Ma Ying-jeou and Vincent Siew. Su ran for Taipei City Mayor in November 2010, but lost to the incumbent Hau Lung-pin by a 12-point margin. Su campaigned for the 2012 presidential candidacy of the DPP in 2011, but lost to Tsai Ing-wen by a very narrow margin.[3] Following the loss of Tsai to Ma Ying-jeou, Su was elected to succeed Tsai as DPP chairman in 2012.[4]
During the Chen administration, Su, along with politicians Annette Lu, Frank Hsieh and Yu Shyi-kun, are collectively known as the "Big Four of the Democratic Progressive Party".[5] Su is nicknamed the "Lightbulb" or "E Ball" (電火球) and "Go Go Go" (衝衝衝) by the Taiwanese media and DPP voters, a nickname he earned in the 1980s for his charismatic approach to campaigning during election season, in addition to being an affectionate reference to the balding Su.[6][7]
- ^ Tsai, June (31 May 2012). "Former Premier Su takes over as DPP leader". Taiwan Today.
- ^ About Executive Yuan: Premier Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan), Updated 2006-02-24
- ^ 林楠森 (27 April 2011). "蔡英文赢得民进党总统候选人提名" (in Chinese). BBC中文網. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "蘇貞昌得票率50.47% 當選民進黨主席" (in Chinese). Taiwan. Taiwan News. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ 李欣芳、邱燕玲 (29 September 2006). "四天王到齊 民進黨慶 營造大團結" (in Chinese). Taiwan. Liberty Times. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "《東森新聞》專訪 老縣長蘇貞昌暢談戀愛史、電火球由來" (in Chinese). Taiwan. 東森新聞. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "E Ball = 電火球". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-02-02.