Chang Chuan-tien (; 15 August 1945 – 10 September 2006) was a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and education

Chang was born in

Taihoku Prefecture Taihoku Prefecture (臺北州; ''Taihoku-shū'') was an administrative division of Taiwan created in 1920, during Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Keelung, New Taipei City, Taipei and Yilan County. Its government office, ...

Japanese Taiwan The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became an annexed territory of the Empire of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sin ...

, in what is now

Jiaoxi, Yilan Jiaoxi Township ( zh, c=, hp=jiāo xī xiāng, tp=Jiaosi Siang, w=Chiao1-hsi1 Hsiang1, poj=Ta-khe-hiong, Taⁿ-khe-hiong, Taⁿ-kheⁿ-hiong) or Chiaohsi Township is a rural township in the northern section of Yilan County, Taiwan. Geography ...

. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from

Tunghai University Tunghai University (THU; ) is a private university in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan, established in 1955. It was founded by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (UBCHEA). The university is known for its liberal arts educati ...

, graduating in 1973.

Political career

He cofounded the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

in 1986, and was a member of the Yilan Gang, a DPP clique. Chang served in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...

from 1992 to 1997, and in 1998, was elected to 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 four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

. He represented his hometown Yilan County district until he died in 2006 from liver failure, aged 61.

References

1945 births 2006 deaths Yilan County Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Taiwanese political party founders Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Tunghai University alumni {{Taiwan-DPP-politician-stub