Chuang Suo-hang (; born 24 October 1955) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Chuang studied political science at National Taiwan University and earned a Ph.D in the subject at the University of Southern California.

Political career

Chuang joined 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 ...

in 2002. He served as spokesperson of the

Executive Yuan The Executive Yuan () is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is the Premier, who is appointed by the President of the Republic of China, and requires confirmation by the Legislative Yuan. ...

until 2003, when he was named to the

Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission The Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC; ; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Khièu-vu Vî-yèn-fi'') is a cabinet-level council of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The council was founded in 1926 in Canton (Guangzhou) in Kwangtung (Gua ...

. By 2004, Chuang had stepped down from OCAC to represent the DPP in that year's legislative elections. Upon taking office as legislator, he was named leader of the Exchange Association of Taiwanese and French Legislators within the Legislative Yuan. After losing reelection in 2008 to

Wu Chin-chih Wu Chin-chih (; born 20 May 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Wu attended National Chengchi University. Political career Wu served on the Taipei County Council from 1986 to 1990, when he was elected mayor of Banqiao. Wu stepped down a ...

, Chuang became director of the Democratic Progressive Party's Policy Research Committee and acted as party spokesperson. He again represented the DPP in the 2012 legislative elections, and lost. Chuang launched his New Taipei mayoral campaign in 2013, and lost to Yu Shyi-kun in a primary. Shortly after the announcement of the New Southbound Policy, Chuang was named to a DPP-convened committee charged with promoting it. In 2017, Chuang was appointed a vice chair of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and took on the role as chairman of the Taipei World Trade Center in January 2020. Chuang was appointed Taiwan's representative to Thailand in June 2022, succeeding Lee Ying-yuan, who resigned the position in August 2021. In June 2023, Chuang resigned from the diplomatic post due to allegations of sexual harassment against him. A committee convened by the

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determined that the allegations against Chuang were credible, and referred Chuang's case to the Control Yuan in October 2023. Republished as:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chuang, Suo-hang 1955 births Living people New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Taiwanese politicians of Hakka descent University of Southern California alumni National Taiwan University alumni Taiwanese expatriates in the United States Representatives of Taiwan to Thailand