Chen Meng-hsiu

Chen Meng-hsiu (Chinese: 陳孟秀; pinyin: Chén Mèngxiù; born 21 November 1975) or Cirasmita Chen is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.

Chen Meng-hsiu
陳孟秀
Secretary-General of the New Power Party
In office
1 March 2019 (2019-03-01) – 30 August 2019 (2019-08-30)
Preceded byChen Hui-min
Succeeded byWu Pei-yun
Personal details
Born (1975-11-21) 21 November 1975
NationalityTaiwanese
OccupationHuman rights lawyer, politician
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.

Chen was a human rights lawyer prior to her career in politics.[1] She was appointed Chen Hui-min's successor as secretary-general of the New Power Party on 1 March 2019, when party chairman Chiu Hsien-chih took office.[2] As secretary-general, Chen Meng-hsiu announced the party's electoral strategy for the 2020 legislative election.[3] When Chiu resigned from the chairmanship on 12 August 2019, Chen managed party affairs while the position was vacant.[4] Hsu Yung-ming, Chiu's successor as New Power Party chair, announced on 30 August 2019 that Wu Pei-yun would replace Chen as secretary-general.[5]

References
  1. Chen, Wei-han (8 January 2018). "DPP sees no way of cooperating with NPP on labor law". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. 黃揚明 (28 February 2019). "小燈泡媽委任律師陳孟秀 任時代力量祕書長" (in Chinese). Mirror Media. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019. Alt URL
  3. Maxon, Ann (11 April 2019). "NPP sets down nomination rules for legislative vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. Maxon, Ann (14 August 2019). "Hung Tzu-yung to leave NPP over internal row". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. "吳佩芸任時力秘書長 徐永明喊拚8席不分區". Taiwan People News (in Chinese). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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