Pasuya Yao
| Pasuya Yao Yao Wen-chih MLY | |
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| 姚文智 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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Assumed office 1 February 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Justin Chou |
| Constituency | Taipei 2nd |
| Minister of the Government Information Office | |
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In office 13 March 2005 – 25 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Lin Chia-lung |
| Succeeded by | Cheng Wen-tsan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 4, 1965 Hsinchu County, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Alma mater | Fu Jen Catholic University |
Pasuya Yao or Yao Wen-chih (Chinese: 姚文智; pinyin: Yáo Wénzhì; Wade–Giles: Yao Wen-chih) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he has served in the Legislative Yuan since 2012.[1]
Political career
Yao, a former journalist, was named the minister of the Government Information Office in March 2005.[2][3] By 2006, he had stepped down.[4]
2014 Taipei City mayoral campaign
Yao ran for the mayoralty of Taipei City in the 2014 local elections. He won the first round of a party primary held in May,[5] but lost to independent candidate Ko Wen-je in a opinion poll held the next month.[6] The Democratic Progressive Party chose to back Ko's independent bid for the office,[7] and he defeated Kuomintang candidate Sean Lien.[8]
2016 Republic of China legislative election
On 16 January 2016, Yao won the 2016 Republic of China legislative election for Taipei City 2nd constituency representing Shilin District and Datong District.[9]
| 2016 Republic of China Legislative Election Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 1 | Wang Ming-tzong (王銘宗) | Independent | 1,342 | 0.74% | ||
| 2 | Chen Min-chien (陳民乾) | Taiwan Independence Party | 865 | 0.48% | ||
| 3 | Wu Chun-te (吳俊德) | Faith and Hope League | 3,550 | 1.96% | ||
| 4 | Lin Xing-rong (林幸蓉) | National Health Service Alliance | 1,561 | 0.86% | ||
| 5 | Wynn Pan (潘懷宗) | New Party | 65,967 | 36.43% | ||
| 6 | Pasuya Yao |  DPP | 107,366 | 59.29% |  | |
| 7 | Chen Jian-bin (陳建斌) | Free Taiwan Party | 433 | 0.24% | ||
References
- ↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (26 June 2013). "Free-for-all breaks out in legislature". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ Chuang, Jimmy (18 March 2005). "New GIO minister vows to protect press freedom". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ Chuang, Jimmy (30 August 2005). "A new look at the GIO and its task". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ Young, W. T. (3 March 2006). "Hsieh to run for president in 2008 poll". China Post. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ Wang, Chris (15 May 2014). "Pasuya Yao wins DPP’s first-stage Taipei primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ Wang, Chris (14 June 2014). "Ko wins over Yao in DPP Taipei mayor public poll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ Wang, Chris (17 June 2014). "DPP tells Ko Wen-je it will support him in poll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ Wei, Katherine (30 November 2014). "Ko defeats Lien by a landslide 240,000 votes". China Post. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ Chen, Wei-han (17 January 2016). "‘League’ candidates win three of eight Taipei constituencies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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