Chang San-cheng explained

Chang San-cheng
Native Name Lang:zh-hant
Order1:2nd
Office1:Mayor of Taoyuan
Term Start1:25 December 2022
1Blankname1:Deputy
Predecessor1:Cheng Wen-tsan
Order2:27th
Office2:Prime Minister of Taiwan
President2:Ma Ying-jeou
1Blankname2:Deputy
1Namedata2:Woody Duh
Term Start2:1 February 2016
Term End2:20 May 2016
Predecessor2:Mao Chi-kuo
Successor2:Lin Chuan
Office3:33rd Deputy Prime Minister of Taiwan
Primeminister3:Mao Chi-kuo
Himself (acting)
Term Start3:7 December 2014
Term End3:1 February 2016
Predecessor3:Mao Chi-kuo
Successor3:Woody Duh
Office4:1st Minister of Science and Technology
Primeminister4:Jiang Yi-huah
Deputy4:Lin Yi-bing
Term Start4:3 March 2014
Term End4:7 December 2014
Office5:Minister without Portfolio
Primeminister5:Sean Chen
Jiang Yi-huah
Term Start5:6 February 2012
Term End5:2 March 2014
Successor5:Chiang Been-huang
Birth Date:24 June 1954
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality:Taiwan
Party:Kuomintang
Otherparty:Independent
Alma Mater:National Taiwan University
Stanford University
Cornell University

Chang San-cheng (or Simon Chang)[1] (; born 24 June 1954)[2] is a Taiwanese politician who has been the mayor of Taoyuan City since 25 December 2022. He was premier of Taiwan from 1 February 2016 (de facto; 18 January 2016 as the acting premier) until 20 May 2016, appointed by President Ma Ying-jeou.[3] Before assuming the premiership, he had served as vice premier from 8 December 2014 under the Mao Chi-kuo cabinet.[4] [5] [6] [7] Chang was the first nonpartisan premier of Taiwan.

Chang began an independent campaign for the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election, then suspended his run to join the Kuomintang ticket, headed by Han Kuo-yu. The pair lost to incumbent president Tsai Ing-wen and her running mate William Lai.

Education

Chang earned his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1976. In 1977, he finished his master's degree in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University. In 1981, He received a doctoral degree in civil and environmental engineering from Cornell University.[8]

Early career

Upon graduation, Chang returned to Taiwan to serve as a lecturer, associate professor and finally, professor in the Department of Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University from 1981 to 1990. He was the Director for National Center for High-Performance Computing from 1991 to 1997. From 1998 to 2000, he was the Director of the Department of Planning and Evaluation of National Science Council. Between 2000 and 2010, he worked for Acer Inc. as Vice President of the e-Enabling Service Business Group, and between 2010 and 2012, he worked for Google as the Director of Google's hardware operations in Asia.[9]

Political career

Chang was first appointed and involved in politics as a minister without portfolio of the Executive Yuan in 2012 under the Sean Chen cabinet. On March 3, 2014, the National Science Council was upgraded to the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Chang was named as its first minister. On December 8, 2014, after the ruling Kuomintang lost the local elections, Chang became the vice premier after a cabinet reshuffle.

Caretaker Premiership (2016)

See main article: Simon Chang cabinet.

On January 16, 2016, after the KMT lost the presidency and its majority in the Legislative Yuan at the 2016 Taiwanese general election, the then-incumbent premier Mao Chi-kuo resigns and refuse to stay at the position, Chang served as the acting premier while Mao is outgoing.

On 1 February, the then-incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou approve resignation of Mao Chi-kuo, and appointed Chang to form the cabinet to serve the remaining four months during the period of transition of power. As a result, Chang became the first nonpartisan premier of the history in Taiwan's politics.

2020 presidential campaign

Chang announced his independent candidacy for the 2020 Taiwan presidential election on 17 February 2019.[10] Chang later joined the presidential campaign of Kuomintang candidate Han Kuo-yu as an adviser without halting his own campaign.[11] [12] In August 2019, Han formed a national policy advisory group headed by Chang.[13] Chang's selection as the Kuomintang's 2020 Taiwan presidential election vice presidential candidate was announced on 11 November 2019.[14] [15]

|-! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" rowspan= 2 colspan=2 | Party! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Candidate! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" rowspan= 2 | Votes! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" rowspan= 2 colspan=2| Percentage|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"| style="text-align:center;" |President| style="text-align:center;" |Vice president|-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Progressive Party| style="text-align:left;" | Tsai Ing-wen| style="text-align:left;" | William Lai| style="text-align:right;" | 8,170,231| style="text-align:right;" | 57.13%| style="text-align:right;" | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;" | Kuomintang| style="text-align:left;" | Han Kuo-yu| style="text-align:left;" | Chang San-cheng| style="text-align:right;" | 5,522,119| style="text-align:right;" | 38.61%| style="text-align:right;" | |-| style="background-color:"|| style="text-align:left;" | People First Party| style="text-align:left;" | James Soong| style="text-align:left;" | Sandra Yu| style="text-align:right;" | 608,590| style="text-align:right;" | 4.26%| style="text-align:right;" | |-! colspan="4" style="text-align:right;" |Total! style="text-align:right;" |14,300,940 ! style="text-align:right;" colspan=2|100%|-|colspan="4" style="text-align:right;" |Valid votes| style="text-align:right;" |14,300,940 | style="text-align:right;" colspan=2|98.87%|-|colspan="4" style="text-align:right;" |Invalid votes| style="text-align:right;" |163,631| style="text-align:right;" colspan=2|1.13%|-|colspan="4" style="text-align:right;" |Votes cast / turnout| style="text-align:right;" | 14,464,571| style="text-align:right;" colspan=2|74.90%|-|colspan="4" style="text-align:right;" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;" |19,311,105| style="text-align:right;" colspan=2||}

Later political career

In May 2022, Chang was nominated by the Kuomintang as its candidate in the local elections for the Taoyuan mayoralty after a closed-door meeting of the party's Central Standing Committee.[16] Chang was elected by 52.02% percentage of votes and assumed office in December 2022.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cabinet secretary-general to head MOI . The China Post . 2014-02-27 . 2014-04-23.
  2. Web site: 桃園市第3屆市長選舉選舉公報. Central Election Commission. zh. November 2022. 31 January 2023.
  3. Web site: Vice Premier Chang San-cheng to assume premiership. 25 January 2016. Executive Yuan. 26 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160131145128/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/News_Content2.aspx?n=1C6028CA080A27B3&s=B527F9D5F9CB3643. 31 January 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Executive Yuan Officials . Ey.gov.tw . 2014-04-23.
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140226233434/http://www.tchcsc2013.org/cv/k2.pdf . 2014-02-26 .
  6. Web site: Exclusive Interview with Chang San-cheng, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan . Web.iii.org.tw . 2012-03-26 . 2014-04-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141209050013/http://web.iii.org.tw/News/ideasReport_more?id=134 . 2014-12-09 .
  7. to 1 February 2016 Web site: Premier picks new ministers in reshuffle . Taipei Times . 2014-04-16 . 2014-04-23.
  8. Web site: Chang San-cheng named Minister of Science and Technology(Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)-Press Releases) . Ey.gov.tw . 2014-02-26 . 2014-04-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023617/http://www.ey.gov.tw/en/News_Content2.aspx?n=1C6028CA080A27B3&s=6FED95A4B572EB56 . 2015-09-24 . dead .
  9. Web site: 行政院全球資訊網. 1 December 2011. www.ey.gov.tw.
  10. News: Lee . Hsin-fang . Former premier Simon Chang seeks 2020 presidential run as independent . 17 February 2019 . Taipei Times . 17 February 2019.
  11. News: Yu . Hsiang . Hsu . Elizabeth . '1992 consensus' no longer useful: Han Kuo-yu chief adviser . 31 July 2019 . Central News Agency . 30 July 2019.
  12. News: Wang . Shwu-fen . Kao . Evelyn . Han Kuo-yu to establish campaign headquarters in Kaohsiung . 31 July 2019 . Central News Agency . 30 July 2019.
  13. News: Chen . Yun . Shih . Hsiao-kuang . Chung . Jake . Han announces creation of policy advisory group . 18 August 2019 . Taipei Times . 18 August 2019.
  14. News: Maxon . Ann . Han picks ex-premier as running mate . 12 November 2019 . Taipei Times . 12 November 2019.
  15. News: Yu . Hsiang . Wang . Shu-fen . Lim . Emerson . Analysts hold split views on Han's selection of running mate . 11 November 2019 . Central News Agency . 11 November 2019.
  16. News: Liu . Kuan-ting . Shih . Hsiu-chuan . KMT picks ex-Premier Simon Chang to run for Taoyuan mayor . 19 May 2022 . Central News Agency . 18 May 2022.