11 Facts About Chang Chun-hsiung

Chang Chun-hsiung, was born on 23 March 1938 and is a Taiwanese politician.

Chang Chun-hsiung is a former Premier of the Republic of China.

Chang Chun-hsiung was born in 1938 in the city of Kagi when Taiwan was still a colony of Japan.

Chang Chun-hsiung joined the Kuomintang in 1970, but was expelled three year later for mounting a campaign for the Taipei City Council.

Chang Chun-hsiung was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1983 to 2000.

Chang Chun-hsiung 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 Chun-hsiung stood as the Democratic Progressive Party candidate to run for the mayor of Kaohsiung, but was defeated by the Kuomintang incumbent Wu Den-yih.

Chang Chun-hsiung ran in the 2004 Legislative Yuan election as fourth on the DPP's nationwide slate and was easily elected but resigned since the Pan-Green Coalition failed to win a majority.

Chang Chun-hsiung tendered his resignation as Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party to take responsibility for the defeat.

Chang Chun-hsiung was appointed as the chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation in 2005 after the death of the former chairman Koo Chen-fu.

Chang Chun-hsiung maintained a long-term marriage-like relationship with a paramour while remaining legally married to his first wife, Hsu Jui-ying.