Chang Chau-hsiung

Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox governor Chang Chau-hsiung (Template:Zh; born 3 February 1942) is a Taiwanese physician and politician. He served as the vice-chairman of People First Party from 2000 to 2016.

Early life and education

Chang was born in Takao Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan, in 1942. After graduating from Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School, he attended medical school at National Taiwan University and earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in 1967.

Early career

In 1967, Chang finished his surgical training in the university hospital. He then served as a resident doctor and chief resident doctor until 1972. He then went to the United States for further training. He worked in Michael Reese Hospital, Texas Heart Institute and Mokral Hospital for medical research and surgical practice. He returned to Taiwan in 1976.

Chang worked in the university hospital as a part-time attending physician from 1976 to 1977. He worked at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from 1976 to 1999, and was the president of Chang Gung University from 1997 to 1999. He is the author of sixteen and coauthor of 167 scientific citation index papers.

Political career

Chang, a former adviser to Chen Shui-bian,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> ran as an independent vice-presidential candidate (on the ticket of James Soong) in the 2000 election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Along with Soong, he established the People First Party in 2000, after their defeat in the presidential election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Chang was named the PFP's top choice as a fusion candidate for the 2002 Kaohsiung mayoral election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> When Chang ended his campaign, the PFP moved to support Chang Po-ya.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Pan-Blue coalition formally selected Kuomintang member Huang Jun-ying.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2006, Chang announced his retirement from politics after Soong heavily lost in the Taipei mayoral election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2000 Republic of China presidential election results
Political affiliation		Candidate		Votes
		President	Vice President	Total votes	Percentage
	Democratic Progressive Party	Chen Shui-bian	Annette Lu	4,977,737	39.3%	<timeline> ImageSize = width:100 height:25 PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:100 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = early Colors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86) BarData = bar:Wikipedias PlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:39.3 color:green width:0.2in </timeline>
	Independent	James Soong	Chang Chau-hsiung	4,664,932	36.8%	<timeline> ImageSize = width:100 height:25 PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:100 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = early Colors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:orange value:rgb(0.99,0.74,0.00) BarData = bar:Wikipedias PlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:36.8 color:orange width:0.2in </timeline>
	Kuomintang	Lien Chan	Vincent Siew	2,925,513	23.1%	<timeline> ImageSize = width:100 height:25 PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:100 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = early Colors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86) BarData = bar:Wikipedias PlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:23.1 color:blue width:0.2in </timeline>
	Independent	Hsu Hsin-liang	Josephine Chu	79,429	0.63%	<timeline> ImageSize = width:100 height:25 PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:100 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = early Colors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:gray1 value:rgb(0.55,0.55,0.55) BarData = bar:Wikipedias PlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:0.63 color:gray1 width:0.2in </timeline>
	New Party	Li Ao	Elmer Fung	16,782	0.13%	<timeline> ImageSize = width:100 height:25 PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:100 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = early Colors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:yellow value:rgb(0.99,0.94,0.00) BarData = bar:Wikipedias PlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:0.13 color:yellow width:0.2in </timeline>
Total				12,786,671	82.69% voter turnout
Valid votes				12,664,393
Invalid votes				122,278

Chang resigned the vice chairmanship of the People's First Party in July 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

He is married to Lee Fang-hui (Template:Zh) with two sons.

See also

• Politics of Taiwan