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{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}
{{Infobox Minister
| name                = Luo Wen-jia
| native_name         = {{No bold|羅文嘉}}
| native_name_lang    = zh-Hant
| image               = 羅文嘉肖像.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2012
| office1             = [[Straits Exchange Foundation|Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Straits Exchange Foundation]]
| term_start1         = 7 June 2024
| term_end1           = 
| 1blankname1         = Chairman
| 1namedata1          = [[Cheng Wen-tsan]]<br>[[:zh:許勝雄 (1943年)|Rock Hsu]] (acting)
| alongside1          = [[:zh:許勝雄 (1943年)|Rock Hsu]]
| predecessor1        = [[Chiu Chui-cheng]]
| successor1          = 
| office2             = 22nd [[List of Secretaries-General of the Democratic Progressive Party|Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party]]
| deputy2             = 
| term_start2         = 16 January 2019
| term_end2           = 19 May 2020
| 1blankname2         = Chairman
| 1namedata2          = [[Cho Jung-tai]]
| predecessor2        = Hung Yao-fu
| successor2          = [[Lin Hsi-yao]]
| office3             = 3rd [[Council for Hakka Affairs|Minister of the Council for Hakka Affairs]]
| primeminister3      = [[Yu Shyi-kun]]<br>[[Frank Hsieh]]
| deputy3             = [[Lee Yung-te]]
| term_start3         = 20 May 2004
| term_end3           = March 2005
| predecessor3        = [[Yeh Chu-lan]]
| successor3          = [[Lee Yung-te]]
| office4             = [[Member of the Legislative Yuan]]
| constituency4       = [[Taipei 1st district|Taipei I]]
| term_start4         = 1 February 2002
| term_end4           = 19 May 2004
| predecessor4        = 
| successor4          = 
| office5             = [[Council of Cultural Affairs|Vice Minister of the Council of Cultural Affairs]]
| minister5           = Tchen Yu-chiou
| term_start5         = 20 May 2000
| term_end5           = 5 February 2001
| predecessor5        = 
| successor5          = [[Wu Mi-cha]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|1|1}}
| birth_place         = [[Xinwu District, Taoyuan|Xinwu]], [[Taoyuan City|Taoyuan]], [[Taiwan]]
| party               = [[Democratic Progressive Party]]
| spouse              = 
| children            = 
| signature           = 
| education           = [[National Taiwan University]] ([[B. A.|BA]])
}}

'''Luo Wen-jia''' ({{zh|c=羅文嘉|p=Luó Wénjiā}}; [[Hakka (language)|Hakka]]: Lò Vùn-kâ; born 1 January 1966) is a [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] politician who is the current vice chairman and secretary-general of the [[Straits Exchange Foundation]]. He is a member of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]].

Luo worked closely with [[Chen Shui-bian]], first as Chen's legislative assistant, and later within [[Taipei City Government]] while Chen was mayor. When Chen was elected president in 2000, Luo joined the [[Executive Yuan]] as vice minister of the [[Council of Cultural Affairs]]. Between 2002 and 2004, Luo was a member of the [[Legislative Yuan]]. He left the legislature for an appointment as minister of the [[Council for Hakka Affairs]], from which he stepped down in 2005 to run unsuccessfully for the Taipei County magistracy. Luo was subsequently defeated as a legislative candidate in 2008. Luo returned to politics in 2019, when he was named [[Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party|secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party]].

== Education ==
Luo graduated from [[National Taiwan University]] with a bachelor's degree in political science.

==Political career==
Luo is a member of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] (DPP), and served as legislative assistant to [[Chen Shui-bian]] between 1991 and 1994. After Chen was elected mayor of [[Taipei]], Luo became the city government [[spokesman]] in December 1994. He left [[Taipei City Government]] in October 1997.<ref name="kingmakers">{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Mei-chun |title=Kingmakers |accessdate=9 March 2019 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2000/05/21/0000036942 |work=Taipei Times |date=21 May 2000}}</ref> Luo then served as spokesman for Chen Shui-bian's 2000 presidential campaign and in the same role for the Democratic Progressive Party.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Chieh-yu |title=DPP deputies under pressure to abandon salaries |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/1999/09/06/0000001988 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=6 September 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Chieh-yu |title=Annette Lu an early favorite for DPP's 2000 ticket |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/1999/09/14/0000002511 |accessdate=10 March 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 September 1999}}</ref>

After Chen became the [[president of the Republic of China]], Luo held the vice chairmanship of the [[Council for Cultural Affairs]].<ref name="kingmakers"/> In January 2001, Luo resigned the post to prepare a bid for [[2001 Republic of China legislative election|legislative elections]] later that year.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Mei-chun|title=DPP heavyweight scares contenders|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/01/09/0000069012|accessdate=7 August 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=9 January 2001}}</ref> He became one of five Democratic Progressive Party candidates to contest a seat from [[Taipei 1st district|Taipei 1]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chuang |first1=Jimmy |title=Youth rally behind DPP |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/10/14/0000107053 |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 October 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tsai |first1=Ting-i |title=President supports vote allocation |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/11/29/0000113601 |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=29 November 2001}}</ref> During the election, the party urged its supporters to vote for candidates based on identification card numbers. In the proposed vote allocation scheme, Luo split support with {{ill|Lan Shih-tsung|zh|藍世聰}}, and was to receive votes from supporters whose identification numbers ended in three or four.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tsai |first1=Ting-i |title=DPP coordinates its voters' choices |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/11/14/0000111452 |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 November 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Joyce |title=Dec. 1 elections: DPP decides to expand vote allocation strategy |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/11/21/0000112465 |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=21 November 2001}}</ref> Luo won election to the [[Legislative Yuan]] in December 2001.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Crystal |title=DPP scores big as KMT falters |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/special/archives/2001/12/02/0000114111 |accessdate=9 March 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 December 2001}}</ref> He was subsequently appointed as the chair of the [[Council for Hakka Affairs]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Yun-ping |title=KMT seen having rough road to generational change |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/05/02/2003153814 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 May 2004}}</ref> He stepped down in March 2005 to contest a primary for the magistracy of Taipei County.<ref>{{cite news |title=DPP candidates begin to register for year-end primaries |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/03/29/2003248210 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=29 March 2005}}</ref> The office was won by [[Chou Hsi-wei]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Yun-ping |title=Swing voters prove crucial in Taipei County's contest |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/12/04/2003282913 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 December 2005}}</ref> During the 2008 legislative election cycle, Luo ended a bid for a party list seat in favor of a district seat,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=Supporters want Luo to stand, Chen says |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/10/26/2003384782 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=26 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=Luo undecided over Da-an constituency election bid |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/10/25/2003384642 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=25 October 2007}}</ref> which he lost.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=Frank Hsieh talks to independence veterans Ng, Koo |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/01/16/2003397480 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 January 2008}}</ref>

In January 2019, Luo ended his political retirement of nine years and accepted an appointment as secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yang |first1=Chun-hui |last2=Chin |first2=Jonathan |title=Luo to restore the DPP's 'brand image' |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/01/15/2003707969 |accessdate=15 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yeh |first1=Su-ping |last2=Chung |first2=Yu-chen |title=DPP election losses reflect unmet public expectations: party official |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201901160016.aspx |accessdate=16 January 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=16 January 2019}}</ref>

==Political stances==
In 2004, Luo, [[Chen Chi-mai]], [[Lee Wen-chung]] and [[Tsai Huang-liang]] proposed New Culture Discourse, which argued that Taiwan was a multicultural society and that it should retain the Republic of China as the official name.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Debby |title='New Culture Discourse' displeases almost everyone |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/05/16/2003155686 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 May 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Debby |title=Raising the Hakka profile |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/05/02/2003153817 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=2 May 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Debby |title=Keep ROC tag, young DPP urge |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/05/13/2003155233 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=13 May 2005}}</ref> Luo and [[Tuan Yi-kang]] launched the new DPP movement for party reform in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=Two lawmakers launch bid to 'revitalize' DPP |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/10/06/2003274628 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=6 October 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Jewel |title=Luo's call for a 'new DPP movement' strikes a nerve |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/10/03/2003274254 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=3 October 2005}}</ref> [[Chen Shui-bian]] advised against the name, drawing parallels to the [[New Kuomintang Alliance]], which later became the [[New Party (Taiwan)|New Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huang |first1=Jewel |title=New DPP movement reacts to president's flak |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/10/15/2003275881 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=15 October 2005}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Luo is married to Liu Chao-yi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Get some 'zongzi' in you |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/06/19/2003175673 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=19 June 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ko |first1=Shu-ling |title=Luo's wife to go to US as he runs for public office |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/11/01/2003385746 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |work=Taipei Times |date=1 November 2007}}</ref>

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