Pasuya Yao

Yao Wen-chih (Chinese: 姚文智; pinyin: Yáo Wénzhì; Wade–Giles: Yao Wen-chih; born 4 December 1965) is a Taiwanese politician also known by the English name Pasuya Yao. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2018.

Yao Wen-chih
Pasuya Yao

MLY
姚文智
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2012 – 18 November 2018[1]
Preceded byJustin Chou
Succeeded byHo Chih-wei
ConstituencyTaipei 2nd
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office
13 March 2005 – 25 January 2006
Preceded byLin Chia-lung
Succeeded byCheng Wen-tsan
Personal details
Born (1965-12-04) 4 December 1965
Tianmu, Shilin District, Yangmingshan, Taipei, Taiwan[2]
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materFu Jen Catholic University

Political career

Yao, a former journalist, was named the minister of the Government Information Office in March 2005.[3][4] By 2006, he had stepped down.[5]

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,[6] but lost to independent candidate Ko Wen-je in an opinion poll held the next month.[7] The Democratic Progressive Party chose to back Ko's independent bid for the office,[8] and he defeated Kuomintang candidate Sean Lien.[9]

2016 Republic of China legislative election

On 16 January 2016, Yao won the legislative election for Taipei City 2nd constituency representing Shilin District and Datong District.[10]

2016 Republic of China Legislative Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Wang Ming-tzong (王銘宗)Independent1,342 0.74%
2Chen Min-chien (陳民乾)Taiwan Independence Party865 0.48%
3Wu Chun-te (吳俊德)Faith and Hope League3,550 1.96%
4Lin Xing-rong (林幸蓉)National Health Service Alliance1,561 0.86%
5Wynn Pan (潘懷宗)New Party65,967 36.43%
6Pasuya Yao DPP107,366 59.29%
7Chen Jian-bin (陳建斌)Free Taiwan Party433 0.24%

Yao announced that he would contest the Taipei mayoralty for the second time in July 2017.[11] He resigned from the legislature in November 2018 to focus on his mayoral campaign.[12]

2018 Taipei City mayoral election
2018 Taipei City mayoral election result map
2018 Taipei City mayoral results[13]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Wu Er-yang (吳蕚洋) Independent5,617 0.40%
2Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) Kuomintang577,566 40.82%
3Pasuya YaoDemocratic Progressive Party244,641 17.29%
4Ko Wen-je Independent580,820 41.05%
5Lee Si-kuen (李錫錕) Independent6,172 0.44%
Total voters　2,164,155
Valid votes　1,414,816
Invalid votes　
Voter turnout　65.37%

He retired from politics after finishing third behind Ko Wen-je and Ting Shou-chung, stating that he would begin working on documentaries about activists Peng Ming-min and Cheng Nan-jung.[14]

References
  1. Legislative Yuan. "姚文智委員". Retrieved 2018-11-22.
  2. 民視新聞 Formosa TV News. "【台灣演義】姚文智". Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  3. Chuang, Jimmy (18 March 2005). "New GIO minister vows to protect press freedom". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. Chuang, Jimmy (30 August 2005). "A new look at the GIO and its task". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. Young, W. T. (3 March 2006). "Hsieh to run for president in 2008 poll". China Post. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. Wang, Chris (15 May 2014). "Pasuya Yao wins DPP's first-stage Taipei primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  7. Wang, Chris (14 June 2014). "Ko wins over Yao in DPP Taipei mayor public poll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  8. Wang, Chris (17 June 2014). "DPP tells Ko Wen-je it will support him in poll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  9. Wei, Katherine (30 November 2014). "Ko defeats Lien by a landslide 240,000 votes". China Post. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  10. Chen, Wei-han (17 January 2016). "'League' candidates win three of eight Taipei constituencies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  11. Su, Fang-ho; Hetherington, William (24 July 2017). "Pasuya Yao throws hat in mayoral ring". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  12. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (18 November 2018). "Taipei mayoral candidates present platforms, Yao resigns as lawmaker". Central News Agency. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-11-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. Huang, Chien-hao; Chin, Jonathan (2 December 2018). "Pasuya Yao moves from politics to documentaries". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
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