Su Tseng-chang, a native of Pingtung in southern Taiwan, received his LL.B....
Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang submitted his resignation along with that of his cabinet to President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday ahead of a widely expected.
Su Tseng-chang
Taiwanese politician
In this Taiwanese name, the surname is Su.
Su Tseng-chang (Chinese: 蘇貞昌; pinyin: Sū Zhēnchāng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘ Cheng-chhiong; born 28 July ) is a Taiwanese politician who served as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from to and again from to He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in and from to [1] Su served as Chief of Staff to PresidentChen Shui-bian in [2] He is currently the longest-serving Democratic Progressive premier in history.
Su actively campaigned for the DPP presidential nomination in , but finished second to Frank Hsieh. Su eventually teamed with Hsieh as the vice presidential nominee; the DPP lost to the Kuomintang ticket of Ma Ying-jeou and Vincent Siew.
Su ran for Taipei City Mayor in November , but lost to the incumbent Hau Lung-pin by a point margin. Su campaigned for the presidential candidacy of the DPP in , but lost to Tsai Ing-wen by a very narrow margin.