Background
Chang was born in 1938 in the city of Kagi (present-day Chiayi) when Taiwan (then Formosa) was still a colony of Japan.
張俊雄, 张俊雄
executive politician president
Chang was born in 1938 in the city of Kagi (present-day Chiayi) when Taiwan (then Formosa) was still a colony of Japan.
Harvard University; National Taiwan University.
He is a former Premier of the Republic of China. Chang was appointed to two separate terms as Premier, both under Chen Shui-bian. His appointment by then-President Chen in 2000 marked the first time a Democratic Progressive Party member occupied the premiership.
He earned his Bachelor of Laws at the National Taiwan University in 1960.
From 1982 to 1986 he was President of the Kaohsiung Chapter of the Young Men’s Christian Association.
As a legislator, he was Executive Director and General Convener of the DPP Caucus from 1987 to 1988, 1990, and 1998 to 1999. He was Convener of the Judiciary Committee in 1991, of the Home and Border Affairs Committee in 92, and of the Transportation and Communications Committee in 95.
In the 2000 presidential election he was General Manager of Chen Shui-bian"s Campaign. In the Chen Administration, he served as Secretary-General of the Office of the President in 2000, Vice Premier of the Republic of China in 2000 and Premier of the Republic of China from October 6, 2000 to February 1, 2002.
Since 2002, he has been Secretary General of the Democratic Progressive Party and a Senior Adviser in the Office of the President.
He also tendered his resignation as Secretary-General of the Democratic Progressive Party to take responsibility for the defeat. Chang was appointed as the chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation in 2005 after the death of the former chairman Koo Chen-fu.With the resignation of Su Tseng-chang as Premier on May 12, 2007, President Chen Shui-bian nominated Chang to fill the post of Premier a second time effective May 21, and Hung Chi-chang succeeded Chang as the chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation. Su"s resignation and Chang"s second appointment as Premier marked the sixth premier that Chen Shui-bian has appointed during his two terms as President.
In 1994, Chang stood as the Democratic Progressive Party cadidate to run for the mayor of Kaohsiung, but was defeated by the Kuomintang incumbent Wu Den-yih.
As a lawyer, he defended the victims of the Kaohsiung Incident in 1980.
She took up a role in the National Assembly, became executive director of the Commission for Examining Petitions and Appeal of the Taipei City Government and become the watchdog member of Control Yuan. They met with the members of TAAMN, University of Minnesota Taiwan Student Association (TSA) and other Taiwan-related organizations histed by TAAMN and TSA.