{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}} {{family name hatnote|Su|lang=Chinese}} {{expand Chinese|topic=bio|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Su Jia-chyuan | native_name = {{nobold|蘇嘉全}} | native_name_lang = zh-hant | honorific_suffix = MLY | image = 06.22 監察院第6屆監察委員被提名人介紹記者會 (50032188033) (cropped).jpg | caption = Su in 2020 | office1 = 11th Chairperson of the Straits Exchange Foundation | term_start1 = 23 January 2026 | president1 = Lai Ching-te <!--| deputy1 = Luo Wen-jia<br>Liang Wen-chieh<br>Rock Hsu-->| predecessor1 = Frank Wu | successor1 = | order3 = 11th | office3 = President of the Legislative Yuan | term_start3 = 1 February 2016 | term_end3 = 31 January 2020 | vice_president3 = Tsai Chi-chang | predecessor3 = Wang Jin-pyng | successor3 = Yu Shyi-kun {{collapsed infobox section begin | cont = yes | Additional offices | titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey; }} {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office1 = 2nd Chairman of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association | term_start1 = 27 May 2022 | term_end1 = 5 January 2026 | president1 = Tsai Ing-wen<br>Lai Ching-te | predecessor1 = Chiou I-jen | successor1 = Frank Hsieh | office2 = 36th Secretary-General to the President | president2 = Tsai Ing-wen | term_start2 = 20 May 2020 | term_end2 = 2 August 2020 | deputy2 = | predecessor2 = Chen Chu | successor2 = Liu Chien-sin {{small|(acting)}} | office4 = 16th & 18th Secretary-General of the<br>Democratic Progressive Party | term_start4 = 20 December 2010 | term_end4 = 15 June 2012 | 1blankname4 = Chairperson | 1namedata4 = Tsai Ing-wen | predecessor4 = Wu Nai-ren | successor4 = Lin Hsi-yao | term_start5 = 20 December 2009 | term_end5 = 20 May 2010 | 1blankname5 = Chairperson | 1namedata5 = Tsai Ing-wen | predecessor5 = Wu Nai-ren | successor5 = Wu Nai-ren | office6 = 9th Minister of Agriculture | term_start6 = 25 January 2006 | term_end6 = 20 May 2008 | prime_minister6 = Su Tseng-chang<br>Chang Chun-hsiung | deputy6 = Lin Kuo-hua | predecessor6 = Lee Chin-lung | successor6 = Chen Wu-hsiung | office7 = 25th Minister of the Interior | deputy7 = Chang Wen-ying<ref name="TT20050604">{{cite web |last1=Chuang |first1=Jimmy |title=SEF boss aims for 'permanent peace' - Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/06/04/2003257856 |publisher=Taipei Times |accessdate=1 December 2018 |date=4 June 2005}}</ref> | term_start7 = 9 April 2004 | term_end7 = 25 January 2006 | prime_minister7 = Yu Shyi-kun<br>Frank Hsieh | predecessor7 = Yu Cheng-hsien | successor7 = Lee I-yang {{collapsed infobox section end}} }} | office8 = 10th Magistrate of Pingtung | term_start8 = 20 December 1997 | term_end8 = 8 April 2004 | predecessor8 = Chang Man-chuen {{small|(acting)}}<br>Wu Tse-yuan | successor8 = Wu Ying-wen {{small|(acting)}}<br>Tsao Chi-hung | office9 = Member of the Legislative Yuan | term_start9 = 1 February 2016 | term_end9 = 31 January 2020 | constituency9 = Party-list (DPP) | term_start10 = 1 February 1993 | term_end10 = 20 December 1997 | constituency10 = Pingtung County | office11 = Member of the National Assembly | term_start11 = 1 February 1987 | term_end11 = 31 January 1993 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Pingtung County, Taiwan | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = Democratic Progressive Party | spouse = Hung Heng-chu (洪恆珠)<ref>{{cite news|first1=Matthew|last1=Strong|date=12 November 2019|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3815374|title=Wife of Taiwan legislative speaker drops out of potentially divisive election race|publisher=Taiwan News|accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref> | profession = | signature = 蘇嘉全signature.png | footnotes = | website = | education = National Taiwan Ocean University (BS)<br>National Sun Yat-sen University (MPA) }}

'''Su Jia-chyuan''' (or Su Chia-chyuan; {{lang-zh|t=蘇嘉全|p=Sū Jiāquán}}; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) who served as the President of the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2020.

As the first non-Kuomintang President of the Legislative Yuan, Su is an at-large legislator and previously Commissioner of Pingtung County, and held national posts as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Agriculture under President Chen Shui-bian's administration.<ref name="WCT">{{Cite web |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/whoswho-cnt.aspx?id=20101125000029&cid=20 |title=Su Jia-chyuan(蘇嘉全) {{!}} Who's Who |publisher=Want China Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221201502/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/whoswho-cnt.aspx?id=20101125000029&cid=20 |archive-date=21 December 2014 |access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref> From May to August 2020, he briefly served as Secretary General to the President under the Tsai Ing-wen administration.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Sylvia Teng |title=姪子涉收賄 台灣總統府秘書長蘇嘉全請辭獲准 |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/ch/news/3978989 |access-date=2 January 2022 |agency=台灣英文新聞 |date=2 August 2020 |language=zh}}</ref>

==Education== After graduating from National Pingtung Senior High School, Su studied food science as an undergraduate at National Taiwan Ocean University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1979. He then earned a Master of Public Affairs (M.P.A.) from National Sun Yat-sen University.<ref name="ly3">{{cite news |title=Su Jia-chyuan (3) |url=https://www.ly.gov.tw/EngPages/List.aspx?nodeid=11105 |access-date=27 August 2022 |agency=Legislative Yuan}}</ref>

==Political career==

===Taichung mayoralty candidacy (2010)=== In 2010, Su narrowly lost to Jason Hu in the election for Mayor of Taichung.<ref>{{cite news |author1=劉德芸 |title=只少3萬多票 蘇嘉全無奈訴天意 |url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/politics/113489 |access-date=2 January 2022 |agency=TVBS新聞網 |date=27 November 2010 |location=Taiwan |language=zh}}</ref>

===Vice presidential candidacy (2012)=== {{Main|2012 Taiwan presidential election}} The DPP presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, announced Su as her running mate in the 2012 presidential election. However, the ticket lost to the incumbent president Ma Ying-jeou, who sought a second term.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2010/11/30/2003489757/2|title=Preparing for the 2012 election|date=30 November 2010 |publisher=Taipei Times}}</ref>

===2016 legislative elections=== In 2016 legislative elections Su placed on the proportional representation ballot, and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan.<ref>{{cite news |title=立法院第9屆各政黨不分區立委當選名單 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/1575386 |access-date=2 January 2022 |agency=Liberty Times Net |date=16 January 2016 |location=Taiwan |language=zh}}</ref>

Su was elected the eleventh President of the Legislative Yuan on 1 February 2016, when the members of the ninth Legislative Yuan met for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wen |first1=Kuei-hsiang |last2=Chen |first2=Jay |title=DPP's Su Jia-chyuan elected legislative speaker |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201602010006.aspx |accessdate=1 February 2016 |publisher=Focus Taiwan News Channel |agency=Central News Agency |date=1 February 2016}}</ref> Su became the first DPP and non-KMT speaker in the Legislative Yuan.<ref>{{cite news |author1=鄭仲嵐 |title=蘇嘉全當選台灣立法院長 民進黨「完全執政」 |url=https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2016/02/160201_taiwan_legislative_yuan_election |access-date=2 January 2022 |agency=BBC中文網 |date=1 February 2016 |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=范正祥 |title=民進黨首任立法院長 蘇嘉全功成身退 |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202001200107.aspx |access-date=2 January 2022 |agency=中央通訊社 |date=20 January 2020 |location=Taiwan |language=zh}}</ref>

==Later political career== Su was named Secretary-General to the President on 20 May 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Su |first1=Yung-yao |last2=Chen |first2=Yu-fu |last3=Xie |first3=Dennis |title=Su Jia-chyuan appointed presidential secretary-general |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/05/19/2003736674 |accessdate=20 May 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=19 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Yeh |first1=Su-ping |last2=Chen |first2=Chun-hua |last3=Wang |first3=Cheng-chung |last4=Evelyn |first4=Kao |title=Su Jia-chyuan appointed presidential secretary-general |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202005180020 |accessdate=20 May 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=18 May 2020}}</ref> He resigned on 2 August 2020, following allegations of bribery against his nephew, legislator {{ill|Su Chen-ching|zh|蘇震清}}.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yen |first1=Su-ping |last2=Yeh |first2=Joseph |title=Top presidential aide resigns amid nephew's bribery allegations |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202008020009 |accessdate=2 August 2020 |agency=Central News Agency |date=2 August 2020}}</ref> In May 2022, Su succeeded Chiou I-jen as chairperson of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wen |first1=Kuei-hsiang |last2=Teng |first2=Pei-ju |title=Ex-legislative speaker becomes new head of Taiwan-Japan Relations Association |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202205280006 |access-date=29 May 2022 |agency=Central News Agency |date=28 May 2022}} Republised as: {{cite news |title=Former legislative speaker takes over as TJRA head |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/05/29/2003778969 |access-date=29 May 2022 |work=Taipei Times |date=29 May 2022}}</ref> in January 2026, Su was named chair of the Straits Exchange Foundation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lai |first1=Sunny |title=Former Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan named SEF chairman |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202601130031 |access-date=13 January 2026 |agency=Central News Agency |date=13 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Ya-wen |last2=Ko |first2=Lin |title=Su Jia-chyuan assumes SEF chairmanship, calls for mutual understanding |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202601230023 |access-date=23 January 2026 |agency=Central News Agency |date=23 January 2026}}</ref>

==Controversy== Su was impeached by the Control Yuan on 3 September 2012, for illegally constructing a luxury farmhouse on agricultural land without engaging in any agriculture. Su's villa, built on agricultural land, was a controversial issue in the 2012 presidential elections.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/09/04/2003541914 |title=Control Yuan votes 6-4 to impeach Su Jia-chyuan |date=4 September 2012 |publisher=Taipei Times |last1=Hsu |first1=Stacy |last2=Wang |first2=Chris |accessdate=1 December 2018}}</ref>

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