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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 ...

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and People First Party legislator of the

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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

) known for his pro- CCP unification views. He has also been a member of the New Party.

Political career

In the

2004 Taiwanese legislative election The 2004 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 11 December 2004. All 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan were up for election: 168 elected by single non-transferable vote, 41 elected through party-list Proportional representation, eight ele ...

, as a member of the People First Party, he was one of five legislators elected from the

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

2nd electoral district. In the

2008 Taiwanese legislative election The 2008 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 12 January 2008 for members of the Legislative Yuan. It was the first Legislative Yuan election after the constitutional amendments of 2005, which extended term length from three to four years, ...

he was listed fifth on the Kuomintang at-large party list, and was elected to the legislature. In the

2012 Taiwanese legislative election The 2012 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 16 January 2012 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. For the first time, legislative elections were held simultaneously with the presidential election. Elected parliamentarians formed the ...

, he ran on the New Party ticket in Kaohsiung's 7th district, losing to the

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

candidate Chao Din-lin. In the

2020 Taiwanese legislative election The 2020 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 11 January 2020 for all 113 seats to the Legislative Yuan concurrently with the 15th presidential election in Taiwan. The term of the Legislative Yuan began on 1 February 2020. The Democratic ...

he was listed eighth on the Kuomintang party list but relinquished his placement after public criticism and accepted a nomination to be placed at the top of the New Party at-large party list. The New Party did not meet the 5% vote threshold and therefore none of its party list legislators were elected.

Cross-strait relations

In March 2019, during a cross-strait forum in

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

, he stated that pro-independence figures could be beheaded during an annexation of Taiwan by China. In December 2019, he was criticized for appearing on Chinese state media discussing details of Taiwan's defense systems.

Controversies

Chiu was indicted in April 2004 for attempting to break into the Kaohsiung District Court building after the announcement of Chen Shui-bian's presidential election victory, for which he was sentenced to serve a year in prison. In July 2006, he filed a special funds abuse lawsuit against then-president Chen Shui-bian. In November 2019, he filed a defamation lawsuit against Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je for a comment that his nomination for the Kuomintang and New Party legislator-at-large list in the

could indicate that China's

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has "control" over the two parties. In January 2008, he was found guilty of slander for accusing DPP chairman Yu Shyi-kun of illegal lobbying. In 2015 he was sued twice by the DPP for defamation over statements he made regarding presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen's real-estate dealings. Former KMT president Ma Ying-jeou also considered a lawsuit against Chiu in 2020 for alleging that Ma was responsible for his removal from the KMT legislator-at-large party list in the

References

1956 births Living people Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan National Taiwan University alumni Kaohsiung Members of the Legislative Yuan People First Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan Party List Members of the Legislative Yuan New Party (Taiwan) politicians {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub