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Chuang Suo-hang
MLY
莊碩漢
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2005 – 31 January 2008
ConstituencyTaipei County 1
Personal details
Born (1955-10-24) 24 October 1955 (age 69)
Taipei County, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (since 2002)
EducationNational Taiwan University (BA)
University of Southern California (PhD)

Chuang Suo-hang (Chinese: 莊碩漢; born 24 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

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Chuang earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from National Taiwan University and then earned a Ph.D. in the subject at the University of Southern California in the United States.[1]

Political career

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Chuang joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 2002.[2] He served as spokesperson of the Executive Yuan until 2003, when he was named to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission.[3][4] By 2004, Chuang had stepped down from OCAC to represent the DPP in that year's legislative elections. Upon taking office as legislator, he was named leader of the Exchange Association of Taiwanese and French Legislators within the Legislative Yuan.[5]

After losing reelection in 2008 to Wu Chin-chih,[6][7] Chuang became director of the Democratic Progressive Party's Policy Research Committee and acted as party spokesperson.[8][9] He again represented the DPP in the 2012 legislative elections, and lost.[10] Chuang launched his New Taipei mayoral campaign in 2013,[11] and lost to Yu Shyi-kun in a primary.[12] Shortly after the announcement of the New Southbound Policy, Chuang was named to a DPP-convened committee charged with promoting it.[13] In 2017, Chuang was appointed a vice chair of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council[14] and took on the role as chairman of the Taipei World Trade Center in January 2020.[15]

Chuang was appointed Taiwan's representative to Thailand in June 2022, succeeding Lee Ying-yuan, who resigned the position in August 2021.[15] In June 2023, Chuang resigned from the diplomatic post due to allegations of sexual harassment against him.[16][17] A committee convened by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs determined that the allegations against Chuang were credible, and referred Chuang's case to the Control Yuan in October 2023.[18] The Control Yuan formally impeached Chuang in July 2024, and further referred the case to the Disciplinary Court.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Chuang Suo-hang (6)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. ^ Chang, Yun-ping (4 July 2004). "DPP using anniversary to vie for Hakkas". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  3. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (28 January 2002). "'Combative Cabinet' plans to emphasize team spirit". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (29 January 2003). "Cabinet spokesman accepts offer of OCAC's top job". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (15 June 2005). "Lawmakers to go to EU to discuss arms embargo". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  6. ^ Huang, Chung-jung (7 January 2008). "Party heavyweights hit campaign trail". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Legislative elections and referendums" (PDF). Taipei Times. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  8. ^ Chang, Rich (25 February 2009). "Activists demand referendum on CECA proposal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  9. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (4 July 2009). "Taiwan will not open median line: Ma". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  10. ^ "2012 ELECTIONS: Chen's son registers for elections". Taipei Times. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Yu eyes New Taipei City bid". Taipei Times. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  12. ^ Wang, Chris (29 November 2013). "Lo drops out of DPP New Taipei City mayor race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  13. ^ Su, Fang-ho; Hetherington, William. "New DPP committee to push 'new southbound policy'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Appointments approved". Taipei Times. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  15. ^ a b Yeh, Su-ping; Yeh, Joseph (13 June 2022). "TAITRA Vice Chairman Chuang Suo-hang named as Taiwan's new envoy to Thailand". Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  16. ^ Lu, Hsin-hui; Yeh, Joseph (21 June 2023). "Taiwan's envoy to Thailand resigns less than a year after taking office". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 June 2023. Republished in part as: "Taiwan news quick take: resignation approvied". Taipei Times. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  17. ^ Yeh, Joseph (25 June 2023). "#METOO/Taiwan envoy to Thailand resigned over sexual harassment allegations: MOFA". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 June 2023. Republished as: "Ministry confirms envoy quit due to harassment claims". Taipei Times. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  18. ^ Yeh, Joseph (17 October 2023). "#METOO/MOFA sees sexual harassment charges against ex-envoys as credible". Retrieved 20 October 2023. Republished as: "Former envoys disciplined over sexual harassment". Taipei Times. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  19. ^ Chen, Chun-hua; Yang, Evelyn (16 July 2024). "#METOO/Ex-Taiwan representative to Thailand impeached for sexual misconduct". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
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