Chang Chun-hsiung

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Chang Chun-hsiung
張俊雄
Official portrait, 2000
Senior Advisor to the President
In office
9 November 2016 – 27 September 2025
PresidentTsai Ing-wen
Lai Ching-te
In office
1 February 2002 – 19 May 2004
PresidentChen Shui-bian
14th & 18th Premier of Taiwan
In office
21 May 2007 – 20 May 2008
PresidentChen Shui-bian
Vice PremierChiou I-jen
Himself (acting)
Preceded bySu Tseng-chang
Succeeded byLiu Chao-shiuan
In office
6 October 2000 – 1 February 2002
PresidentChen Shui-bian
Vice PremierLai In-jaw
Preceded byTang Fei
Succeeded byYu Shyi-kun
17th Vice Premier of Taiwan
Acting
6 May 2008 – 20 May 2008
PremierHimself
Preceded byChiou I-jen
Succeeded byPaul Chiu
In office
27 July 2000 – 6 October 2000
PremierTang Fei
Preceded byYu Shyi-kun
Succeeded byLai In-jaw
2nd Chairperson of the Strait Exchange Foundation
In office
10 June 2005 – 21 May 2007
Preceded byKoo Chen-fu
Johnnason Liu (acting)
Succeeded byHung Chi-chang
9th Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party
In office
20 March 2002 – 1 February 2005
ChairmanChen Shui-bian
Preceded byWu Nai-ren
Succeeded byLee I-yang
18th Secretary-General to the President
In office
20 May 2000 – 1 August 2000
PresidentChen Shui-bian
Preceded byTing Mao-shih
Succeeded byYu Shyi-kun
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2005 – 1 May 2007
ConstituencyParty-list
In office
1 February 1984 – 20 May 2000
ConstituencyKaohsiung
Personal details
Born(1938-03-23)23 March 1938
Kagi City, Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Died27 September 2025(2025-09-27) (aged 87)
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Spouses
Education

Chang Chun-hsiung (Chinese: 張俊雄; pinyin: Zhāng Jùnxióng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Chùn-hiông; 23 March 1938 – 27 September 2025) was a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Taiwan (officially Premier of the Executive Yuan) from 2000 to 2002 and 2007 to 2008, both under Chen Shui-bian's presidency. His appointment by then-President Chen in 2000 marked the first time a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member occupied the premiership.[1]

As a founding member of the DPP, he served on its Central Committee and Central Standing Committee from 1986 to 2000.

Early life and education

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Chang was born on 23 March 1938, in the city of Kagi (present-day Chiayi) during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. After graduating from National Chiayi Senior High School, he studied law at National Taiwan University and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in 1960. He joined the Kuomintang in 1970, but was expelled three years later for mounting a campaign for the Taipei City Council.[2] As a lawyer, he defended the victims of the Kaohsiung Incident in 1980. From 1982 to 1986 he was President of the Kaohsiung Chapter of the YMCA. Chang later received a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from Dankook University in 2003.[3]

Political career

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Chang was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1983 to 2000. As a legislator, he was Executive Director and General Convener of the DPP Caucus from 1987 to 1988, 1990, and 1998 to 1999. He was Convener of the Judiciary Committee in 1991, of the Home and Border Affairs Committee in 92, and of the Transportation and Communications Committee in 95.

In 1994, Chang stood as the Democratic Progressive Party candidate to run for the mayor of Kaohsiung, but was defeated by the Kuomintang incumbent Wu Den-yih.[4][5]

In the 2000 presidential election he was General Manager of Chen Shui-bian's campaign. In the Chen administration, he served as Secretary-General of the Office of the President in 2000, Vice Premier of the ROC in 2000 and Premier of the Republic of China from 6 October 2000 to 1 February 2002.

From 2002, he was Secretary General of the Democratic Progressive Party and a senior adviser in the Office of the President.[6]

He ran in the 2004 Legislative Yuan election as fourth on the DPP's nationwide slate and was easily elected but resigned (as he promised to do during the campaign) since the Pan-Green Coalition failed to win a majority. He also tendered his resignation as Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party to take responsibility for the defeat.

Chang was appointed the chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation in 2005 after the death of the former chairman Koo Chen-fu. With the resignation of Su Tseng-chang as Premier on 12 May 2007, President Chen Shui-bian nominated Chang to fill the post of Premier a second time effective 21 May, and Hung Chi-chang succeeded Chang as the chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation. Su's resignation and Chang's second appointment as Premier marked the sixth premier that Chen Shui-bian has appointed during his two terms as President.[7]

Personal life and death

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Chang maintained a long-term marriage-like relationship with a paramour while remaining legally married to his first wife, Hsu Jui-ying. After his first term as Premier, he and Hsu divorced, and in 2007 he married his paramour (Chu A-ying) as his second wife.[8][9]

Chang died on 27 September 2025 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan at the age of 87.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Brief biography of Chang Chun-hsiung". Government Information Office | Republic of China. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Chang Chün-hung: Profile of an imprisoned editor" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué (24): 18. March 1986. ISSN 1027-3999. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. p. 351. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ Yu, Susan (9 December 2004). "KMT takes two top seats; DPP wins in Taipei". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. ^ Yu, Susan (4 November 1994). "Local focus in Kaohsiung debate". Taiwan Today. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  6. ^ Lin, Mei-chun (23 July 2002). "Chen clocks in as DPP chairman". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Taiwan names sixth premier in seven years". Channel NewsAsia. 14 May 2007. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007.
  8. ^ Low, Stephanie (15 September 2002). "Public split on politicians' affairs". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  9. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (11 April 2002). "Chang apologizes to his former wife". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  10. ^ Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Lai, Sunny (17 September 2025). "Ex-Premier Chang Chun-hsiung dies at 87; Lai offers condolences". Central News Agency. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  11. ^ Chen, Cheng-yu; Chin, Jonathan (28 September 2025). "Former premier Chang Chun-hsiung dies aged 87". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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Preceded by Premier of the Republic of China
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Preceded by President of the Straits Exchange Foundation
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Preceded by Premier of the Republic of China
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