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Green Party Taiwan[I]is apolitical partyinTaiwanestablished on 25 January 1996. Although the party is sympathetic to Taiwanese nationalism and shares a number of centre-left positions with thePan-Green Coalition,the party emphasizes campaigning primarily on social and environmental issues. The party is not a member of, and should not be confused with, the Pan-Green Coalition. Green Party Taiwan is a member of theAsia Pacific Greens Federationand participates in theGlobal Greens.
Green Party Taiwan Đài Loan lục đảng | |
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| Chairperson | Chiu Po-wei (Khâu bách vĩ) Lim Khiun Chhin ( lâm váy tĩnh ) |
| Founded | 25 January 1996 |
| Headquarters | 4F-7, No. 35, Shao xing North Street,Zhongzheng,Taipei[1] |
| Membership | 400 |
| Ideology | Green politics Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Pan-Green Coalition |
| Regional affiliation | Asia Pacific Greens Federation |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Legislative Yuan | 0 / 113 |
| Municipalmayors | 0 / 6 |
| Magistrates/mayors | 0 / 16 |
| Councilors | 0 / 910 |
| Township/citymayors | 0 / 204 |
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Much of the 400-strong membership are affiliated with thenon-governmental organisationsector of Taiwanese society, as well as from academia and the youth community.[2]
Electoral history
editIn 1996, Green Party Taiwan’sKao Meng-tingwas elected to theNational Assembly.However, he left the party in 1997.
In the2008 legislative election,the Green Party of Taiwan formed ared-green coalitionwith a labour-led organization Raging Citizens Act Now! ( nhân dân hỏa đại hành động liên minh ), but failed to win any seats.
In the2012 legislative election,Green Party Taiwan garnered 1.7% of the party vote. While still far short of the 5% threshold to win a seat in the legislature, this makes it the largest extraparliamentary party in Taiwan.[3]Its best showing is inOrchid Island,where Taiwan’s nuclear waste storage facility is located. There, the party collected 35.76% of the party votes due to its strong anti-nuclear stance.
In the2014 local elections,the party won two seats. Wang Hao-yu was elected to theTaoyuan City Council,and Jay Chou was elected to theHsinchu County Council.[4]
In the2016 general election,the party ran in a coalition with the newly founded centre-leftSocial Democratic Party[5]and fielded candidates in both constituency races and the nationwide party ballot.[6]The coalition garnered 2.5% of the party vote without winning any seats.[7]
In the2020 legislative election,the Green Party nominated five young professionals, including famed psychologist Cheng Hui-wen and party founderKao Cheng-yan.[8]They got 2.4% of the votes and did not win any seats. They were the second largest party that didn’t win a seat.[9]
In the2022 local election,the party won only one seat.Liu Chong-hsianwas elected to theHsinchu City Council.[10]
The Green Party nominated Taiwan's first transgender legislative candidate, Abbygail ET Wu ( Ngô y đình ), in the2024 electioncycle. The party won 117,298 votes (0.85%), not enough to seat any candidate named on the Green Party list.[11]
On March 30, 2024, Liu Chong-hsian resigned from the party.[12]This leaves the party with no members holding public office.
The Green Party averages around 3% of total votes cast in metropolitan urban areas, with support in rural areas, such asOrchid Island,as high as 35.8%.[2]
| Election | Mayors & Magistrates |
Councils | Third-level Municipal heads |
Third-level Municipal councils |
Fourth-level Village heads |
Election Leader |
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| 2018 unified |
0 / 22
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3 / 912
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0 / 204
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1 / 2,148
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0 / 7,744
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Wang Hao-yu |
| 2022 unified |
0 / 22
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1 / 910
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0 / 204
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0 / 2,139
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0 / 7,748
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Yu Hsiao-ching |
List of chairpersons
edit- Kao Cheng-yan(Cao thành viêm), 1996–1997 and 2003–2004 Chair. Professor of Computer Science atNational Taiwan University;Green Party Taiwan's founding chair; former director of Taiwan Environmental Protection Union; candidate for theLegislative Yuanin 1998 and 2001.
- Shin-Min Shih (Thi tin dân), 1998 Chair. Professor of Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University; President of the Institute of Environment and Resource; former Director of Taiwan Environmental Protection Union;
- Kuang-Yu Chen (Trần Quang Vũ), 1999–2000 Chair. candidate for theTaipei City Councilin 1998.
- Ayo Cheng (Trịnh trước hữu), 2001–2002 Chair. Dean of College of Environment and Ecology atNational University of Tainan;former director of Taiwan Environmental Protection Union.
- Yen-Wen Peng (Bành yêm văn), 2005 Chair. Assistant professor of Public Administration and Management atShih Hsin University;candidate for the Taipei City Council in 1998.
- Sam Lin (Lâm thánh sùng), 2006 Co-chair. Former Chair of Taiwan Ecology Conservation Union.
- Jolan Hsieh (Tạ như lan), 2006 Co-chair. Assistant professor of Indigenous Culture atNational Dong Hwa University.
- Mary Chen(Trần mạn lệ), 2007 Co-chair. Former president of the Homemakers' Union and Foundation; former president of the National Union of Taiwan Women Association; candidate for the Legislative Yuan in 2008. Elected to the legislature in 2016 after joining theDemocratic Progressive Party.
- Hung Hui-hsiang (Hồng huy tường), 2007 Co-chair. President of Pingtung Environmental Protection Union; candidate for the Legislative Yuan in 2004.
- Chung Pao-chu (Chung bảo châu), 2008–2009 Co-chair. President of Hualien Environmental Protection Union; candidate for the Hualien County Councilor in 1998, 2002.
- Leo Chang (Trương hoành lâm), 2008–2009 Co-chair. Secretary-General of the Taiwan NPO Self-Regulation Alliance; former Secretary-General of the Society of Wildness; candidate for the Taipei City Council in 2006.
- Gelinda Chang,[citation needed]co-chair for 2011; educator.
- Robin Winkler,co-chair for 2011 and 2012; lawyer and founder of Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association; naturalised Taiwanese citizen.
- Karen Yu(Dư tựa như), co-chair from 2012 to 2015; social entrepreneur and co-founder of OKOGreen café, afair tradecoffee shop. Elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2016 as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
- Ken-cheng Lee (Lý căn chính), co-chair from 2013 to 2017; artist, educator and founder of Citizen of the Earth Taiwan, an environmental organisation.
- Chang Yu-ching (Trương dục cảnh), co-chair from 2015 to 2017; environmental activist.[citation needed]
Notable persons
edit- Linda Gail Arrigo,international affairs officer for the party; ex-wife ofShih Ming-teh.
- Thomas Chan( Chiêm thuận quý ),[13]at-large candidate for the legislature in the2016 election.[14]Although not elected, he was later appointed as Deputy Minister for theEnvironmental Protection Administrationin the first cabinet of theTsai Ing-wenadministration led by PremierLin Chuan.
- Peter Huang( hoàng văn hùng ), notable for his unsuccessful attempt to assassinateChiang Ching-kuoin 1970; formerNational Policy Advisoronhuman rightsissues to the President of the Republic of China; avid supporter of the party since it was founded.[15]
- Pan Han-chiang (Phan hàn cương), member of the Central Supervisory Committee of the party, 1999; former deputy secretary-general of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union. He split from Green Party Taiwan in 2014 to form theTrees Party.
- Kao Meng-ting( cao Mạnh định ), who won a seat inYunlin Countyfor Green Party Taiwan in theNational Assemblyin1996,but later defected to the Democratic Progressive Party.
- Lin Cheng-hsiu ( lâm chính tu ), former Research, Development and Evaluation Commission Director, Taipei City (apparently the only party member holding a public office in 2004); he ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the2004 legislative election.In 2007, Lin was acampaign managerfor thePan-Blue Coalition'spresidential candidateMa Ying-jeou.
- Sinan Mavivo (Hi nam ‧ mã phi phục;Lại mỹ huệ ), the top candidate of the Green Party Taiwan list in thelegislative election 2012,is an anti-nuclear campaigner. She is of theTao peoplefromPongso no Tao(Orchid Island).[16]
- Calvin Wen ( ôn bỉnh nguyên ), a former secretary-general of the party, competed in the by-election inDaan Districtdue to the resignation ofDiane Leein 2009.
- Rita Jhang ( trương trúc cầm ), also known as Zukkim Zong and JhuCin Jhang, served as Secretary-General of Green Party Taiwan from 1 April 2020 to 31 May 2021.[17]She is the current president of theNorth American Taiwan Studies Association[18]and co-host of the feminist podcastZ Green Party(Z sắc party ).[19]
- Zoe Lee (Lý tinh kỳ), current Secretary-General of Green Party Taiwan,[20]cannabis advocate and podcaster, and Taiwan's first "weed lawyer" whose law firm only takes on clients accused of cannabis-related crimes.[21]
See also
editNotes
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- ^Lục đảng siêu việt tân đảng thành tiểu đảng lạc tuyển đầuArchived18 January 2012 at theWayback Machine.China Times (15 January 2012): Greens surpassing the New Party to be the largest extraparliamentary party.
- ^Chen, Christie (30 November 2014)."Green Party's historic win to bring 'green politics' to Taiwan".Central News Agency.Retrieved30 November2014.
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- ^"Green Party Taiwan issues list of legislative candidates".taipeitimes.26 August 2015.
- ^Fell, Dafydd;Peng, Yen-wen (29 January 2016)."The Electoral Fortunes of Taiwan's Green Party: 1996–2012".Japanese Journal of Political Science.17(1): 63–83.doi:10.1017/S1468109915000390.S2CID154855947.
- ^"Green Party Taiwan nominates high-profile psy..."Taiwan News.14 November 2019.Retrieved6 December2019.
- ^Staff, T. N. L. (10 January 2020)."Taiwan's 2020 General Elections: Live Map and Updates".The News Lens International Edition.Retrieved13 June2021.
- ^Thành phố Tân Trúc hội nghị (17 September 2020)."Nghị viên giới thiệu".Vô.Retrieved11 July2024.
- ^Chung, Yu-chen (19 January 2024)."FEATURE/Taiwan's 1st transgender legislative candidate vows to continue activism".Central News Agency.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^Liên hợp tin tức võng."Lục đảng toàn đài cận tồn nghị viên trúc khoa kỹ sư xuất thân Lưu Sùng hiện tuyên bố lui đảng".Liên hợp tin tức võng(in Chinese).Retrieved11 July2024.
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- ^"Taiwan Today (2012) Tao Orchid Islanders continue fight for nuclear-free homeland".14 March 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 14 March 2014.
- ^"Home | trương trúc cầm tiến sĩ JhuCin Rita Jhang, PhD".JhuCin Rita Jhang.Retrieved23 January2022.
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- ^"Interview: Green is the colour for Taiwan's pioneering 'weed lawyer'".Hong Kong Free Press HKFP.12 June 2021.Retrieved10 November2021.
- Dafydd Fell (2021)Taiwan's Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan.Routledge.ISBN9780367650346