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Su Tseng-chang (p=Sū Zhēnchāng; born 28 July 1947) is a Taiwanese people politician who served as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2019 to 2023. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. Su served as Chief of Staff to President Chen Shui-bian in 2004. About Executive Yuan: Premier , Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan), Updated 2006-02-24 He is currently the longest-serving Democratic Progressive premier in history.
Su actively campaigned for the DPP presidential nomination in 2008, but finished second to Frank Hsieh. Su eventually teamed with Hsieh as the vice presidential nominee; the DPP lost to the Kuomintang ticket of Ma Ying-jeou and Vincent Siew. Su ran for Taipei City Mayor in November 2010, but lost to the incumbent Hau Lung-pin by a 12-point margin. Su campaigned for the 2012 presidential candidacy of the DPP in 2011, but lost to Tsai Ing-wen by a very narrow margin. Following the loss of Tsai to Ma Ying-jeou, Su was elected to succeed Tsai as DPP chairman in 2012.
During the Chen administration, Su, along with politicians Annette Lu, Frank Hsieh and Yu Shyi-kun, are collectively known as the "Big Four of the Democratic Progressive Party". Su is nicknamed the "Lightbulb" or "E Ball" (t_tw=電火球) and "Go Go Go" (t_tw=衝衝衝) by the Taiwanese media and DPP voters, a nickname he earned in the 1980s for his charismatic approach to campaigning during election season, in addition to being an affectionate reference to the balding Su.
He was previously the magistrate of Pingtung County (1989–1993) and magistrate of Taipei County (1997–2004). His first election as the Taipei magistrate was aided by a split between the New Party, the Kuomintang, and independent candidate Lin Chih-chia. He won the election in dramatic fashion partly due to the appearance of the terminally ill Lu Hsiu-yi, who kneeled on stage in support of Su on the eve of the election. Su's subsequent reelection occurred by a wide margin despite the ability of the Pan-Blue Coalition to present a united candidate, Wang Chien-shien. Alt URL He was Secretary-General (Chief of Staff) to the Office of the President of the Republic of China under President Chen Shui-bian (2004–2005). After President Chen resigned as DPP chairman following the 2004 legislative elections, he was elected the 10th-term DPP chairman. Following DPP losses in the 2005 municipal elections on December 3, Su announced that he would, pursuant to a pre-election promise, resign from the chairmanship.
Su was a contender for the DPP nomination in the 2008 presidential election.CNA, WASHINGTON, "Adviser predicts a Su-Tsai DPP ticket for 2008", Taipei Times, 2006-02-06AFP, TAIPEI, "Su Tseng-chang excels at rebounding from defeat", Taipei Times, 2006-01-20 He formally announced his candidacy on Feb. 25. In the DPP primary vote on May 6, 2007, Su received 46,994 votes, coming in second to former Premier Frank Hsieh. Conceding defeat in the primary, Su announced that he had withdrawn from the race.
On May 12, 2007, Su submitted his letter of resignation to President Chen Shui-bian, ending his tenure on May 21. With the resignation of Su and with ten months left in Chen's presidency, that would mean Chen's eight years as president will have seen at least six Premiers (with Chang Chun-Hsiung serving two separate tenures). Su also stated that he previously submitted resignations numerous times over his sixteen-month tenure, but all were rejected by President Chen.
| + The First Su Cabinet | |
| Premier ! Su Tseng-chang | 2006–2007 |
| Vice Premier ! Tsai Ing-wen | 2006–2007 |
| Minister of the Interior ! Lee I-yang | 2006–2008 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs ! James C. F. Huang | 2006–2008 |
| Minister of National Defense ! Lee Jye | 2006–2007 |
| Minister of Finance ! Joseph Lyu | 2006–2006 |
| Minister of Justice ! Shih Mao-lin | 2005–2008 |
| Minister of Economic Affairs ! Morgan Huang | 2006–2006 |
| Minister of Transportation and Communications ! Kuo Yao-chi | 2006–2006 |
| Minister of Education ! Tu Cheng-sheng | 2006–2008 |
| Kuomintang | Ma Ying-Jeou | Vincent Siew | 7,659,014 | 58.45% | |
| Democratic Progressive Party | Frank Hsieh | Su Tseng-chang | 5,444,949 | 41.55% | |
| Total | 13,103,963 | 100.00% | |||
| Independent | 1 | Wu Yen-cheng (t_tw=吳炎成) | 1,832 | 0.13% | ||
| Kuomintang | 2 | Hau Lung-pin | 797,865 | 55.65% | ||
| Independent | 3 | Helen Hsiao (t_tw=蕭淑華) | 2,238 | 0.16% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Francis Wu (t_tw=吳武明) | 3,672 | 0.26% | ||
| Democratic Progressive Party | 5 | Su Tseng-chang | 628,129 | 43.81% | ||
| Total | 1,433,736 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 70.65% | |||||
| +2018 New Taipei City mayoral results | |||
| Democratic Progressive Party | 873,692 | 42.85% | |
| 1,165,130 | 57.15% |
Su visited the crash site of the Hualien train derailment.
On November 5, 2021, Su was sanctioned by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the People's Republic of China for "fanning up hostility across the Taiwan Strait and maliciously smearing the mainland".
On January 19, 2023, Su announced his resignation as Premier as part of a reshuffle following the DPP's heavy defeat in the 2022 Taiwanese local elections. On January 30, Su and his cabinet resigned en masse again. He was replaced by former Vice-president Chen Chien-jen the following day, on January 31.
| +The Second Su Cabinet | |
| Premier ! Su Tseng-chang | 2019–2023 |
| Vice Premier ! Chen Chi-mai | 2019–2020 |
| Secretary-General ! Li Meng-yen | 2019–2023 |
| Minister of the Interior ! Hsu Kuo-yung | 2019–2022 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs ! Joseph Wu | 2019–2023 |
| Minister of National Defense ! Yen Teh-fa | 2019–2021 |
| Minister of Finance ! Su Jain-rong | 2019–2022 |
| Minister of Education ! Pan Wen-chung | 2019–2023 |
| Minister of Justice ! Tsai Ching-hsiang | 2019–2023 |
| Minister of Economic Affairs ! Shen Jong-chin | 2019–2020 |
| Minister of Transportation and Communications ! Lin Chia-lung | 2019–2021 |
| Minister of Labor ! Hsu Ming-chun | 2019–2023 |
| Minister of Health and Welfare ! Chen Shih-chung | 2019–2022 |
| Minister of Culture ! Cheng Li-chun | 2019–2020 |
| Minister of Science and Technology ! Chen Liang-gee | 2019–2020 |
| Ministry of Digital Affairs !Audrey Tang | 2022–2023 |
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