Su Chiao-hui
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician and lawyer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Su Chiao-hui
| native_name = {{nobold|蘇巧慧}}
| native_name_lang = zh-tw
| honorific-suffix = MLY
| smallimage = 蘇巧慧委員.jpg
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| caption = Official portrait, 2023
| office2 = 5th Head of the New Taipei Branch of
the Democratic Progressive Party
| term_start2 = 7 June 2024
| term_end2 =
| 1blankname2 = Chairman
| 1namedata2 = Lai Ching-te
| deputy2 =
| predecessor2 = Ho Po-wen
| successor2 =
| office1 = Member of the Legislative Yuan
| term_start1 = 1 February 2016
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Huang Chih-hsiung
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| constituency1 = New Taipei V
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1976|4|5}}
| birth_place = Pingtung County, Taiwan
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| spouse = {{marriage|Lungnan Isak Fangas|2008}}
| party = Democratic Progressive Party
| parents = Su Tseng-chang and Chan Hsiu-ling
| children = 2
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| education = National Taiwan University (LLB)
Boston University (LLM)
University of Pennsylvania (LLM, SJD)
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Su Chiao-hui ({{zh|t=蘇巧慧|p=Sū Qiǎohuì|poj=So͘ Kháu-hūi}}; 5 April 1976) is a Taiwanese lawyer, legal scholar, and politician who is currently a member of the Legislative Yuan.
Early life and education
Su Chiao-hui was born in Pingtung County and was raised in New Taipei City.{{cite news|last1=Huang|first1=Jewel|title=Su Tseng-chang enters race for DPP chairman|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/01/01/2003217559|accessdate=12 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=1 January 2005}}{{cite news|last1=Mo|first1=Yan-chih|title=Su Tseng-chang: Comeback kid|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/11/25/2003489385/2|accessdate=12 June 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=25 November 2010}} She is the daughter of former Taiwanese premier Su Tseng-chang.
After graduating from Taipei First Girls' High School, Su studied law and sociology at National Taiwan University and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree. She then completed graduate studies in the United States at Boston University and the University of Pennsylvania, earning Master of Laws (LL.B.) degrees from the Boston University School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, respectively. She then earned a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.{{cite news|title=Penn Law alums elected to Taiwan's parliament|url=https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/news/5939-penn-law-alums-join-taiwan-parliament|accessdate=12 June 2016|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Law School|date=21 January 2016}}
Legal career
Su Chiao-hui was a trial lawyer who did pro bono work for people in poverty.{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=An-chiao|last2=Chin|first2=Jonathan|title=Su Chiao-hui hopes to expand dad's legacy|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/04/2003631658|accessdate=17 January 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=4 November 2015}} While working for Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law, a firm founded by Fan Kuang-chun and John Chen, Su was mentored by Wellington Koo.{{cite news|last1=Chuang|first1=Jimmy|title=Koos's legal experience helping DPP|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/12/05/2003213817|accessdate=18 February 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=5 December 2004}} She has also served as executive director of her father's {{ill|Eball Foundation|zh|超越基金會}} starting in 2012.{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Enru|title=Brave new classroom|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2014/05/31/2003591644/2|accessdate=18 February 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=31 May 2014}}
Political career
Su defeated Ou Chin-shih and Liao Yi-kun in a Democratic Progressive Party primary held in March 2015 to win her party's nomination for the fifth constituency of New Taipei City.{{cite news|last1=Loa|first1=Lok-sin|title=Lai Jui-lung wins DPP nomination|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/03/21/2003614056|accessdate=17 January 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=21 March 2015}} She defeated Kuomintang incumbent Huang Chih-hsiung, who had held the seat for three terms.{{cite news|title=Former premier's daughter wins seat in legislature|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201601160020.aspx|accessdate=17 January 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=16 January 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Hou|first1=Elaine|title=New faces to enter Taiwan's Legislature as young generation rises|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201601170033.aspx|accessdate=17 January 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=17 January 2016}}
{{Election box begin|title=Legislative Election 2016: New Taipei 5th district|float=center}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Progressive Party
|candidate = Su Chiao-hui
|votes = 92,237
|percentage = 56.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Kuomintang
|candidate = Huang Chih-hsiung
|votes = 67,014
|percentage = 40.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = New Power Party
|candidate = Kuo Po-yu
|votes = 5,130
|percentage = 3.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 25,223
|percentage = 15.34
|change =
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{{Election box total valid|
|votes = 164,381
|percentage = 98.83
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 1,940
|percentage = 1.17
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Democratic Progressive Party
|loser = Kuomintang
|swing =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 166,321
|percentage = 68.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 244,030
}}
{{Election box end}}
Personal life
Su is the eldest daughter of the former Prime Minister (President of the Executive Yuan) of Taiwan, Su Tseng-chang and Chan Hsiu-ling. Su's husband, Lungnan Isak Fangas, is an Amis filmmaker.{{cite book|last1=Lee|first1=Daw-Ming|title=Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema|date=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810879225|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYubb-xIgiYC&q=Lungnan+Isak+Fangas&pg=PA42}}
References
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Category:Democratic Progressive Party Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Taiwanese women lawyers
Category:Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent
Category:Members of the 9th Legislative Yuan