Green Party Taiwan

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Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox political party Template:Infobox Chinese Green Party TaiwanTemplate:Efn native lang is a political party in Taiwan established on 25 January 1996. Although the party is sympathetic to Taiwanese nationalism and shares a number of centre-left positions with the Pan-Green Coalition, the party emphasizes campaigning primarily on social and environmental issues. The party is not a member of, and should not be confused with, the Pan-Green Coalition. Green Party Taiwan is a member of the Asia Pacific Greens Federation and participates in the Global Greens.

Much of the 400-strong membership are affiliated with the non-governmental organisation sector of Taiwanese society, as well as from academia and the youth community.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

Electoral history

In 1996, Green Party Taiwan’s Kao Meng-ting was elected to the National Assembly. However, he left the party in 1997.

In the 2008 legislative election, the Green Party of Taiwan formed a red-green coalition with a labour-led organization Raging Citizens Act Now! (人民火大行動聯盟), but failed to win any seats.

In the 2012 legislative election, Green Party Taiwan garnered 1.7% of the party vote. While still far short of the 5% threshold to win a seat in the legislature, this makes it the largest extraparliamentary party in Taiwan.<ref>綠黨超越新黨 成小黨落選頭 Template:Webarchive. China Times (15 January 2012): Greens surpassing the New Party to be the largest extraparliamentary party.</ref> Its best showing is in Orchid Island, where Taiwan’s nuclear waste storage facility is located. There, the party collected 35.76% of the party votes due to its strong anti-nuclear stance.

In the 2014 local elections, the party won two seats. Wang Hao-yu was elected to the Taoyuan City Council, and Jay Chou was elected to the Hsinchu County Council.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the 2016 general election, the party ran in a coalition with the newly founded centre-left Social Democratic Party<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and fielded candidates in both constituency races and the nationwide party ballot.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The coalition garnered 2.5% of the party vote without winning any seats.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

In the 2020 legislative election, the Green Party nominated five young professionals, including famed psychologist Cheng Hui-wen and party founder Kao Cheng-yan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They got 2.4% of the votes and did not win any seats. They were the second largest party that didn’t win a seat.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the 2022 local election, the party won only one seat. Template:Ill was elected to the Hsinchu City Council.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Green Party nominated Taiwan's first transgender legislative candidate, Abbygail ET Wu (吳伊婷), in the 2024 election cycle. The party won 117,298 votes (0.85%), not enough to seat any candidate named on the Green Party list.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 30 March 2024, Liu Chong-hsian resigned from the party.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This leaves the party with no members holding public office.

In September 2025, the Green Party announced an alliance with the New Power Party, Statebuilding Party and Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party for the 2026 local elections. The parties outlined their shared principles and agreed to coordinate the nominations for local council seats.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Election Mayors &
Magistrates 		Councils Third-level
Municipal heads 		Third-level
Municipal councils 		Fourth-level
Village heads 		Election Leader
2018
Template:Small 		Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Wang Hao-yu
2022
Template:Small 		Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Yu Hsiao-ching

List of chairpersons

  • Kao Cheng-yan (Template:Lang), 1996–1997 and 2003–2004 Chair. Professor of Computer Science at National Taiwan University; Green Party Taiwan's founding chair; former director of Taiwan Environmental Protection Union; candidate for the Legislative Yuan in 1998 and 2001.
  • Shin-Min Shih (Template:Lang), 1998 Chair. Professor of Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University; President of the Institute of Environment and Resource; former Director of Taiwan Environmental Protection Union;
  • Kuang-Yu Chen (Template:Lang), 1999–2000 Chair. candidate for the Taipei City Council in 1998.
  • Ayo Cheng (Template:Lang), 2001–2002 Chair. Dean of College of Environment and Ecology at National University of Tainan; former director of Taiwan Environmental Protection Union.
  • Yen-Wen Peng (Template:Lang), 2005 Chair. Assistant professor of Public Administration and Management at Shih Hsin University; candidate for the Taipei City Council in 1998.
  • Sam Lin (Template:Lang), 2006 Co-chair. Former Chair of Taiwan Ecology Conservation Union.
  • Jolan Hsieh (Template:Lang), 2006 Co-chair. Assistant professor of Indigenous Culture at National Dong Hwa University.
  • Mary Chen (Template:Lang), 2007 Co-chair. Former president of the Homemakers' Union and Foundation; former president of the National Union of Taiwan Women Association; candidate for the Legislative Yuan in 2008. Elected to the legislature in 2016 after joining the Democratic Progressive Party.
  • Hung Hui-hsiang (Template:Lang), 2007 Co-chair. President of Pingtung Environmental Protection Union; candidate for the Legislative Yuan in 2004.
  • Chung Pao-chu (Template:Lang), 2008–2009 Co-chair. President of Hualien Environmental Protection Union; candidate for the Hualien County Councilor in 1998, 2002.
  • Leo Chang (Template:Lang), 2008–2009 Co-chair. Secretary-General of the Taiwan NPO Self-Regulation Alliance; former Secretary-General of the Society of Wildness; candidate for the Taipei City Council in 2006.
  • Gelinda Chang,Template:Citation needed co-chair for 2011; educator.
  • Robin Winkler, co-chair for 2011 and 2012; lawyer and founder of Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association; naturalised Taiwanese citizen.
  • Karen Yu (Template:Lang), co-chair from 2012 to 2015; social entrepreneur and co-founder of OKOGreen café, a fair trade coffee shop. Elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2016 as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
  • Ken-cheng Lee (Template:Lang), co-chair from 2013 to 2017; artist, educator and founder of Citizen of the Earth Taiwan, an environmental organisation.
  • Chang Yu-ching (Template:Lang), co-chair from 2015 to 2017; environmental activist.Template:Citation needed

Notable persons

See also

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Notes

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References

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