Chai Trong-rong

Chai Trong-rong
蔡同榮
Chai Trong-rong at 2008 CIPFG Global Human Rights Torch Relay in Taiwan
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
February 1, 2008 – January 31, 2012
ConstituencyParty-list ( Democratic Progressive Party)
In office
December 4, 1997 – January 31, 2008
Preceded byVincent Siew
ConstituencyChiayi
In office
February 1, 1993 – January 31, 1996
Succeeded byVincent Siew
ConstituencyChiayi
Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
Acting
21 September 2007 – 15 October 2007
Preceded byYu Shyi-kun
Succeeded byYu Shyi-kun
1st President of the WUFI
In office
1970–1971
Succeeded byPeng Ming-min
Personal details
Born(1935-06-13)13 June 1935
Hotei Village, Tōseki District, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Budai, Chiayi County, Taiwan)
Died11 January 2014(2014-01-11) (aged 78)
Taipei, Taiwan
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Spouse
Lillian Chai
(m. 1963)
Children2
EducationNational Taiwan University (LLB)
University of Tennessee (MA)
University of Southern California (PhD)
Chai Trong-rong
Traditional Chinese蔡同榮
Simplified Chinese蔡同荣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCài Tóngróng
Wade–GilesTsʻai4 T‘ung2-jung2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChhòa Tông-êng

Chai Trong-rong (Chinese: 蔡同榮; pinyin: Cài Tóngróng; Wade–Giles: Ts‘ài4 T‘ung2-jung2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhòa Tông-êng; June 13, 1935 – January 11, 2014), sometimes known in English as Trong Chai, was a Taiwanese politician.

Born in Japanese-era Taiwan, Chai earned his master's and doctorate degrees in the United States. He was a pro-democracy advocate and founded the Association for a Plebiscite (Chinese: 公民投票促進會; pinyin: Gōngmín Tóupiaò Cùjìnhùi) and Formosa Television.[1][2]

A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Chai was elected a national legislator multiple times, serving in the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1996 and again from 1997 to 2012. He took part in three DPP chairmanship elections, but lost all three.

  1. ^ Rigger, Shelley (September 3, 2003). "New Crisis in the Taiwan Strait?". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
  2. ^ Jui-yun, Lung; Lilian Wu (December 19, 2013). "Ex-lawmaker still 'not out of danger' after stroke surgery". Central News Agency. Retrieved December 19, 2013.

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