Pasuya Yao

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Pasuya Yao
Yao Wen-chih

MLY
姚文智
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Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
1 February 2012
Preceded by Justin Chou
Constituency Taipei 2nd
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office
13 March 2005 – 25 January 2006
Preceded by Lin Chia-lung
Succeeded by Cheng Wen-tsan
Personal details
Born (1965-12-04) December 4, 1965 (age 58)
Hsinchu County, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwan
Political party Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater Fu Jen Catholic University

Pasuya Yao or Yao Wen-chih (Chinese: 姚文智; pinyin: Yáo Wénzhì; Wade–Giles: Yao Wen-chih) is a Taiwanese politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he has served in the Legislative Yuan since 2012.[1]

Political career

Yao, a former journalist, was named the minister of the Government Information Office in March 2005.[2][3] By 2006, he had stepped down.[4]

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

2016 Republic of China legislative election

On 16 January 2016, Yao won the 2016 Republic of China legislative election for Taipei City 2nd constituency representing Shilin District and Datong District.[9]

2016 Republic of China Legislative Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Wang Ming-tzong (王銘宗) Independent 1,342 0.74%
2 Chen Min-chien (陳民乾) Taiwan Independence Party 865 0.48%
3 Wu Chun-te (吳俊德) Faith and Hope League 3,550 1.96%
4 Lin Xing-rong (林幸蓉) National Health Service Alliance 1,561 0.86%
5 Wynn Pan (潘懷宗) New Party 65,967 36.43%
6 Pasuya Yao Green Taiwan in White Cross.svg DPP 107,366 59.29% Vote1.svg
7 Chen Jian-bin (陳建斌) Free Taiwan Party 433 0.24%

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