Chang Po-ya
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Chang Po-ya (Template:Zh; born 5 October 1942) is a Taiwanese politician and physician who is the founder of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union,[1] a political party in Taiwan.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
Chang was born in what is now Chiayi City to Hsu Shih-hsien and Chang Chin-tung, both physicians.[5]
After high school, Chang graduated from Kaohsiung Medical University with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in 1968 and earned a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in 1970 from National Taiwan University. She then completed graduate studies in the United States at Johns Hopkins University, where she earned a second M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 1974. In 1994, she earned her Ph.D. in medical science from Kyorin University in Japan in 1994.[6][7]
Academic career
From 1980 to 1983, Chang was a professor at Kaohsiung Medical University, where she directed the medical college's Department of Public Health.[7]
Political career
She was the mayor of her home city, serving three terms (1983–89, 1997–2000),[8] the first time succeeding her mother, Hsu; the last time succeeding her sister, Template:Ill. The Chang daughters and mother are known as the Hsü Family of Chiayi (許家班).[9] During her first term, martial law was lifted and she led the creation of The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument in Taiwan.[10]
She was the Minister of Health[11] from June 2, 1990 to September 10, 1997 and led the creation of Taiwan's national health insurance system.[12]
Under President Chen Shui-bian, she was the Minister of Interior from May 20, 2000 to February 1, 2002 and also served as Governor of the Taiwan Provincial Government.[13]
On 7 December 2002, she came in 4th as an independent candidate in the Kaohsiung City mayoral election.[14]
| 2002 Kaohsiung City Mayoral Election Result[15] | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent | 1 | Shih Ming-teh | 8,750 | 1.13% | <timeline>
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| File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent | 2 | Chang Po-ya | 13,479 | 1.75% | <timeline>
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| File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent | 3 | Huang Tian-sheng (黃天生) | 1,998 | 0.26% | <timeline>
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| File:Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg Kuomintang | 4 | Huang Jun-ying (黃俊英) | 361,546 | 46.82% | <timeline>
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| Democratic Progressive Party | 5 | Frank Hsieh | 386,384 | 50.04% | File:Elected candidate symbol (voting stamp, Taiwan).svg <timeline>
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| Total | 779,911 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 71.38% | |||||
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From 2014 to 2020, she served as the 5th President and first female President of Taiwan's Control Yuan.[16]
Personal life
She was married to Chi Chan-nan (紀展南) from 1971 to his death in 2023,[17] with a son and a daughter.[18][19]
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