Chang Hung-lu (; born 10 January 1972) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of 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 ...

(DPP), he currently serves as a member of 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 ...

Early life and education

Born in

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: '), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in central Taiwan. Taichung is Taiwan's second-largest city, with more than 2.85 million residents, making it the largest city in Ce ...

, Chang obtained his bachelor's degree in political science from

Soochow University Soochow University or Suzhou University may refer to: *Soochow University (1900–1952) (), a university in Suzhou (Soochow), Jiangsu, China *Soochow University (Taiwan) (, 1951–present), a university in Taipei, Taiwan, founded by faculty from th ...

and master's degree in education from

National Taipei University of Education National Taipei University of Education (NTUE; ) is a university located in Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan that predominantly focuses on teacher training. It was established in 1895, at the beginning of the Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan, ...

Political career

Chang is a close ally of

Su Tseng-chang Su Tseng-chang ( zh, t=蘇貞昌, poj=So͘ Cheng-chhiong, p=Sū Zhēnchāng; born 28 July 1948) is a Taiwanese politician who served as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2019 to 2023. He was the chairma ...

, having worked for him from 1996 to 2004. From 2002 to 2005, he led the Taipei County Bureau of Civil Affairs. Chang stepped down from the

's Central Standing Committee in 2010. During his stint on the

New Taipei City Council New Taipei City Council () is the city council of New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is now composed of 66 councillors, all recently elected on 26 November 2022 in the local elections. Along with the Kaohsiung City Council, the city council is the la ...

, ten members of the council were charged with "divulging secrets" in a council speakership election. All charges were cleared by the Taiwan High Court in January 2015. Chang ran for the

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seat in the

in 2016, and succeeded incumbent

Lin Hung-chih Lin Hung-chih (; born 22 August 1955) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Lin earned a bachelor's degree in transportation and communications management from National Cheng Kung University, before obtaining his master's in political science at ...

, who did not run for reelection. He retained the seat in the 2020 election. In September 2023, along with fellow legislators, Chang traveled to the

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to join a

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march in support of Taiwan's bid to join the

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References

1972 births Living people Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan New Taipei City Councilors Mayors of places in Taiwan Members of the 10th Legislative Yuan {{Taiwan-mayor-stub