Helen Chang

{{Short description|Politician from Taiwan}} {{for|the Guatemalan businesswoman and human rights activist|Helen Mack Chang}} {{family name hatnote|Chang|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Helen Chang<br />{{small|''Chang Hwa-kuan''}} | native_name = {{nobold|張花冠}} | native_name_lang = zh-tw | image = File:2014臺灣嘉義縣縣長張花冠於水上鄉廟口 Chang Hua-kuan, Magistrate of Chiayi County, TAIWAN (cropped).jpg | caption = | order1 = | office1 = 12th Magistrate of Chiayi | deputy1 = | term_start1 = 20 December 2009 | term_end1 = 25 December 2018 | predecessor1 = Chen Ming-Wen | successor1 = Weng Chang-liang | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|07|07}} | birth_place = Xikou, Chiayi County, Taiwan | party = Democratic Progressive Party | spouse = | children = | signature = 張花冠.jpg | education = National Chung Hsing University (BBA)<br />National Chung Cheng University (MA) }}

'''Helen Chang''' or '''Chang Hua-kuan''' ({{lang-zh|t=張花冠|p=Zhāng Huāguān}}; born 7 July 1954) is a Taiwanese politician. She has served as the Magistrate of Chiayi County since 20 December 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/12/01/2003549042|title=Chiayi County commissioner, professors indicted|date=December 2012|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyhg.gov.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=1038&ctNode=14737&mp=12 |title=Welcome to Chiayi County Government-Brief introduction-17th Magistrate of Chiayi County |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328023602/http://www.cyhg.gov.tw/wSite/ct?xItem=1038&ctNode=14737&mp=12 |archivedate=2014-03-28 }}</ref>

==Education== Chang obtained her bachelor's degree in business administration from National Chung Hsing University and her master's degree in strategic and international affairs from National Chung Cheng University.

==Political careers==

===2008 legislative election=== Chang participated in the 2008 legislative election representing Chiayi County 2 constituency.

{|class=wikitable style="margin:1em auto;" !No. !Candidate !Party !Votes !Ratio !Elected |- |1 |'''Helen Chang''' | Democratic Progressive Party |align="right"|65,192 |align="right"|57.06% |align="center"|20px |- |2 |Huang Mao (黃茂) |Taiwan Constitution Association |align="right"|940 |align="right"|0.82% | |- |3 |Tu Wun Sheng (涂文生) |Kuomintang |align="right"|48,131 |align="right"|42.12% | |}

===2009 Chiayi County magistrate election=== Chang was elected Magistrate of Chiayi County on 5 December 2009 under the Democratic Progressive Party and assumed office on 20 December 2009. She was reelected for a second term on 29 November 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vote2014.nat.gov.tw/en/TC/n706000000000000.html |title=2014 Local Elections |access-date=2014-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220101717/http://vote2014.nat.gov.tw/en/TC/n706000000000000.html |archive-date=2014-12-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center" |- ! colspan="7" width=620px|2014 Chiayi County Magistrate Election Result |- !width=35|No. !width=180| Candidate !width=120| Party !width=75| Votes !width=75| Percentage !width=49| Elected |- |1||Huang Hong-cheng (黃宏成)||Independent||style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|8,639 |align="right"|2.82% |align="center"| |- |2||'''Helen Chang'''||DPP||style="border-left:4px solid #1B9431;" align="right"|193,399 |align="right"|63.09% |align="center"|20px |- |3||Won Chung-chun (翁重鈞)||KMT||style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|104,488 |align="right"|34.09% |align="center"| |- bgcolor=EEEEEE |}

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