Chang Chih-lun (; born 24 November 1983) is a Taiwanese politician.

Personal life

Chang Chih-lun is one of three sons born to

Chang Ching-chung Chang may refer to: People Surname * Chang (surname), the romanization of several separate Chinese surnames * Chang or Jang (Korean name), romanizations of the Korean surname Given name * Chang Bunker () (1811–1874), one of the original ...

and his wife . Chang's father has served on the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel ...

, and his mother is a member of the

New Taipei City Council New Taipei City Council () is the city council of New Taipei City, Republic of China. It is now composed of 66 councillors, all recently elected on 24 November 2018 in the local elections. Along with the Kaohsiung City Council, the city coun ...

Political career

In April 2019, Chang Chih-lun contested the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

party primary for the 2020 legislative election. He was seeking the New Taipei 8 seat in the

once held by his father. He lost that contest, and was placed on the proportional party list instead. When the list was first announced, Chang was ranked in the 27th position. When the list was finalized, Chang was listed 26th. The Kuomintang won 33.36% of the party list vote, enabling thirteen legislators to take office; Chang was not seated to the Legislative Yuan. In March 2020, Chang was elected head of the Kuomintang branch office in Zhonghe. Chang received KMT support to run in the 2024 election and faced Democratic Progressive Party candidate Justin Wu and

Taiwan People's Party The Taiwan People's Party is a political party in Taiwan, formally established on 6 August 2019 by Ko Wen-je, who serves as its first and current chairman. Application process The party was proposed in August 2019 by Mayor of Taipei Ko Wen- ...

candidate

Andy Chiu Andy Chiu Chen-yuan (; born 11 December 1981) is a Taiwanese politician who is the current deputy mayor and acting mayor of Hsinchu City since 2024. A member of Taiwan People's Party (TPP). He previously served as the caucus leader of the TPP in ...

. Chang was elected to the Legislative Yuan in his second bid for the office. Republisheed b
Radio Taiwan International

References

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