# Helen Chang
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{{Short description|Politician from Taiwan}}
{{for|the Guatemalan businesswoman and human rights activist|Helen Mack Chang}}
{{family name hatnote|[Chang](/source/Zhang_(surname))|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Helen Chang
{{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](/source/List_of_county_magistrates_of_Chiayi)
| deputy1 =
| term_start1 = 20 December 2009
| term_end1 = 25 December 2018
| predecessor1 = [Chen Ming-Wen](/source/Chen_Ming-Wen)
| successor1 = [Weng Chang-liang](/source/Weng_Chang-liang)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|07|07}}
| birth_place = [Xikou](/source/Xikou%2C_Chiayi), [Chiayi County](/source/Chiayi_County), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)
| party = [Democratic Progressive Party](/source/Democratic_Progressive_Party)
| spouse =
| children =
| signature = 張花冠.jpg
| education = [National Chung Hsing University](/source/National_Chung_Hsing_University) ([BBA](/source/Bachelor_of_Business_Administration))
[National Chung Cheng University](/source/National_Chung_Cheng_University) ([MA](/source/Master_of_Arts))
}}
'''Helen Chang''' or '''Chang Hua-kuan''' ({{lang-zh|t=張花冠|p=Zhāng Huāguān}}; born 7 July 1954) is a [Taiwanese](/source/Taiwanese_people) politician. She has served as the [Magistrate](/source/List_of_county_magistrates_of_Chiayi) of [Chiayi County](/source/Chiayi_County) since 20 December 2009.[{{cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/12/01/2003549042|title=Chiayi County commissioner, professors indicted|date=December 2012|publisher=}}][{{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 }}]
==Education==
Chang obtained her bachelor's degree in business administration from [National Chung Hsing University](/source/National_Chung_Hsing_University) and her master's degree in strategic and international affairs from [National Chung Cheng University](/source/National_Chung_Cheng_University).
==Political careers==
===2008 legislative election===
Chang participated in the [2008 legislative election](/source/2008_Taiwan_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](/source/Democratic_Progressive_Party)
|align="right"|65,192
|align="right"|57.06%
|align="center"|20px
|-
|2
|Huang Mao (黃茂)
|[Taiwan Constitution Association](/source/Taiwan_Constitution_Association)
|align="right"|940
|align="right"|0.82%
|
|-
|3
|Tu Wun Sheng (涂文生)
|[Kuomintang](/source/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](/source/Democratic_Progressive_Party) and assumed office on 20 December 2009. She was reelected for a second term on 29 November 2014.[{{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 }}]
{|class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="7" width=620px|[2014 Chiayi County Magistrate Election](/source/2014_Republic_of_China_local_elections) Result
|-
!width=35|No.
!width=180| Candidate
!width=120| Party
!width=75| Votes
!width=75| Percentage
!width=49| Elected
|-
|1||[Huang Hong-cheng](/source/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](/source/Democratic_Progressive_Party)||style="border-left:4px solid #1B9431;" align="right"|193,399
|align="right"|63.09%
|align="center"|20px
|-
|3||[Won Chung-chun](/source/Won_Chung-chun) (翁重鈞)||[KMT](/source/Kuomintang)||style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|104,488
|align="right"|34.09%
|align="center"|
|- bgcolor=EEEEEE
|}
==References==
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Category:1954 births
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Category:Magistrates of Chiayi County
Category:National Chung Cheng University alumni
Category:National Chung Hsing University alumni
Category:21st-century Taiwanese women politicians
Category:21st-century Taiwanese politicians
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