17 Facts About Luo Wen-jia

Luo Wen-jia is a Taiwanese politician who is the current vice chairman and secretary-general of the Straits Exchange Foundation.

Luo Wen-jia is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.

When Chen was elected president in 2000, Luo Wen-jia joined the Executive Yuan as vice minister of the Council of Cultural Affairs.

Between 2002 and 2004, Luo Wen-jia was a member of the Legislative Yuan.

Luo Wen-jia left the legislature for an appointment as minister of the Council for Hakka Affairs, from which he stepped down in 2005 to run unsuccessfully for the Taipei County magistracy.

Luo Wen-jia was defeated as a legislative candidate in 2008.

Luo Wen-jia returned to politics in 2019, when he was named secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party.

Luo Wen-jia graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in political science.

Luo Wen-jia is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, and served as legislative assistant to Chen Shui-bian between 1991 and 1994.

Luo Wen-jia then served as spokesman for Chen Shui-bian's 2000 presidential campaign and in the same role for the Democratic Progressive Party.

In January 2001, Luo Wen-jia resigned the post to prepare a bid for legislative elections later that year.

Luo Wen-jia became one of five Democratic Progressive Party candidates to contest a seat from Taipei 1.

Luo Wen-jia won election to the Legislative Yuan in December 2001.

Luo Wen-jia was appointed as the chair of the Council for Hakka Affairs in 2004.

Luo Wen-jia stepped down in March 2005 to contest a primary for the magistracy of Taipei County.

In January 2019, Luo Wen-jia ended his political retirement of nine years and accepted an appointment as secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party.

In 2004, Luo Wen-jia, Chen Chi-mai, Lee Wen-chung and Tsai Huang-liang proposed New Culture Discourse, which argued that Taiwan was a multicultural society and that it should retain the Republic of China as the official name.