Chang Po-ya

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,<ref name="BanksMuller2008">Template:Cite book</ref> a political party in Taiwan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Early life and education

Chang was born in what is now Chiayi City to Hsu Shih-hsien and Chang Chin-tung, both physicians.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref name=":0" />

Political career

She was the mayor of her home city, serving three terms (1983–89, 1997–2000),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During her first term, martial law was lifted and she led the creation of The First 228 Peace Memorial Monument in Taiwan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

She was the Minister of Health<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> from June 2, 1990 to September 10, 1997 and led the creation of Taiwan's national health insurance system.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 7 December 2002, she came in 4th as an independent candidate in the Kaohsiung City mayoral election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2002 Kaohsiung City Mayoral Election Result<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent	1	Shih Ming-teh	8,750	1.13%	<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: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:1.13 color:black width:0.2in </timeline>
	File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent	2	Chang Po-ya	13,479	1.75%	<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:1.75 color:black width:0.2in </timeline>
	File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent	3	Huang Tian-sheng (黃天生)	1,998	0.26%	<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:0.26 color:black width:0.2in </timeline>
	File:Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg Kuomintang	4	Huang Jun-ying (黃俊英)	361,546	46.82%	<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:46.82 color:blue width:0.2in </timeline>
	Democratic Progressive Party	5	Frank Hsieh	386,384	50.04%	File:Elected candidate symbol (voting stamp, Taiwan).svg <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:50.04 color:green width:0.2in </timeline>
Total				779,911	100.00%
Voter turnout				71.38%

From 2014 to 2020, she served as the 5th President and first female President of Taiwan's Control Yuan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Personal life

She was married to Chi Chan-nan (紀展南) from 1971 to his death in 2023,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> with a son and a daughter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

External links

• Profile of Minister of the Interior Chang Po-ya from Taiwan Panorama (2000)