Green Party Taiwan
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The Green Party Taiwan (台灣綠黨, pinyin
: Táiwān Lǜ Dǎng, Taiwanese: Tâi-ôan Le̍k Tóng) is a political party
in Taiwan
established on 25 January 1996. The party is not a member of, and should not be confused with, the Pan-Green Coalition
. As its name suggests, the Green Party Taiwan focuses on environmental issues. Green Party Taiwan is a member of the Asia-Pacific Green Network
and participates in the Global Greens
.
In the 2008 legislative election
, Green Party Taiwan formed a red-green coalition
with a labour-led organization Raging Citizens Act Now! (人民火大行動聯盟), but failed to win any seats.
Pinyin
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: Táiwān Lǜ Dǎng, Taiwanese: Tâi-ôan Le̍k Tóng) is a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
established on 25 January 1996. The party is not a member of, and should not be confused with, the Pan-Green Coalition
Pan-Green Coalition
The Pan-Green Coalition or Pan-Green Camp, is an informal political alliance of the Republic of China, commonly known as "Taiwan", consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party , Taiwan Solidarity Union , and the minor Taiwan Independence Party...
. As its name suggests, the Green Party Taiwan focuses on environmental issues. Green Party Taiwan is a member of the Asia-Pacific Green Network
Asia-Pacific Green Network
The Asia Pacific Greens Network is a federation of national Green parties, social and environmental organizations in countries in the Pacific Ocean and Asia, and is one of the four federations that constitute the Global Greens. 32 Parties from 30 nations got together in February 2005 in Kyoto,...
and participates in the Global Greens
Global Greens
The Global Greens is a global network of Green parties and political movements. It was founded in 2001 in Canberra, Australia at the First Global Greens Congress, where the Global Green Charter was approved. The Second Global Greens Congress was held in 2008 in Sao Paolo, Brazil...
.
In the 2008 legislative election
Republic of China legislative election, 2008
The 7th Legislative elections were held on January 12, 2008 in the Republic of China . The results gave the Kuomintang and the Pan-Blue Coalition a supermajority in the legislature, handing a heavy defeat to then-President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party, which won the remaining 27...
, Green Party Taiwan formed a red-green coalition
Red-green alliance
In politics, a red-green alliance is an alliance of "red" social-democratic or democratic socialist parties with "green" environmentalist parties. The alliance is often based on common left political views, especially a shared distrust of corporate or capitalist institutions...
with a labour-led organization Raging Citizens Act Now! (人民火大行動聯盟), but failed to win any seats.
List of chairpersons
- Mr. Kao Cheng-yanKao Cheng-yanKao Cheng-yan is an activist in the Green Party Taiwan. He was a Taiwan independence activist during his student years in the United States of America...
(高成炎), 1996–1997 and 2003-2004 Chair. Professor of Computer Science at National Taiwan University; Green Party Taiwan's founding chair; former director of Taiwan Environmental Protection Union; candidate for the Legislative YuanLegislative YuanThe Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China .The Legislative Yuan is one of the five branches of government stipulated by the Constitution of the Republic of China, which follows Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People...
in 1998 and 2001. - Mr. Shin-Min Shih (施信民), 1998 Chair. Professor of Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University; President of the Institute of Environment and Resource; former Director of Taiwan Environmental Protection Union;
- Ms. Kuang-Yu Chen (陳光宇), 1999-2000 Chair. candidate for the Taipei City Councilor in 1998.
- Mr. Ayo Cheng (鄭先祐), 2001-2002 Chair. Dean of College of Environment and Ecology at National University of Tainan; former director of Taiwan Environmental Protection Union.
- Ms. Yenwen Peng (彭渰雯), 2005 Chair. Assistant professor of Public Administration and Management at Shih Hsin University; candidate for the Taipei City Councilor in 1998.
- Mr. Sam Lin (林聖崇), 2006 Co-chair. Former Chair of Taiwan Ecology Conservation Union.
- Ms. Jolan Hsieh (謝若蘭), 2006 Co-chair. Assistant professor of Indigenous Culture at National Dong Hua University.
- Ms. Manli Chen (陳曼麗), 2007 Co-chair. Former president of the Homemakers' Union and Foundation; former president of the National Union of Taiwan Women Association; candidate for the Legislative Yuan in 2008.
- Mr. Huei-Sean Hong (洪輝祥), 2007 Co-chair. President of Pingdong Environmental Protection Union; candidate for the Legislative Yuan in 2004.
- Ms. Bau-Ju Chung (鍾寶珠), 2008-2009 Co-chair. President of Hualien Environmental Protection Union; candidate for the Hualien County Councilor in 1998, 2002.
- Mr. Hong-Lin Chang (張宏林), 2008-2009 Co-chair. Secretary General of the Taiwan NPO Self-regulation Alliance; former Secretary General of the Society of Wildness; candidate for the Taipei City Councilor in 2006.
- Robin WinklerRobin WinklerRobin Winkler is a naturalized Taiwanese, a lawyer and environmental activist.Winkler has been a frequent front-line campaigner on green issues in Taiwan, having founded the legal environmental defence organisation Wild at Heart and spoken out on many causes of environmental concern in Taiwan...
(文魯彬): co-chair for 2011; lawyer and founder of Wild at Heart; naturalised Taiwanese citizen.
Notable persons
- Linda Gail ArrigoLinda ArrigoLinda Gail Arrigo is an American–Taiwanese political activist, human rights activist, and academic researcher. She has been the international affairs officer of Green Party Taiwan.-Biography:...
(艾琳達), international affairs officer for the party; ex-wife of Shih Ming-tehShih Ming-tehShih Ming-te or Shih Ming-teh was a political prisoner for 25-and-a-half years in the Republic of China .He was arrested at the age of 21 in 1962 and charged with creating the "Taiwan Independence League" with the intention of overthrowing the Kuomintang government, Shih was sentenced to life...
. - Kao Meng-Ting (高孟定), who won a seat in Yunlin CountyYunlin CountyYunlin County is a county in the western part of Taiwan, the Republic of China. Yunlin is located to the right of the Taiwan Strait, the east of Nantou County and sharing a border with Changhua County divided by the Zhuoshui River. Yunlin is one of the counties of Taiwan that is part of the Chianan...
for Green Party Taiwan in the ROC National Assembly in 1996Republic of China National Assembly election, 1996National Assembly elections were held in the Republic of China on 23 March 1996. The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 183 of the 334 seats. Voter turnout was 76.2%.-Results:...
, but later joined the Democratic Progressive PartyDemocratic Progressive PartyThe Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...
. - Lin Cheng-hsiu (林正修), erstwhile Research, Development and Evaluation Commission Director, Taipei City (apparently the only party member who holds a public office in 2004); he ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2004 legislative electionROC legislative election, 2004The Election for the 6th Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China on Taiwan was held on December 11, 2004. All 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan were up for election: 168 elected by popular vote, 41 elected on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political...
. In 2007, Lin appeared to have become a campaign managerCampaign managerA campaign manager is a paid or volunteer individual, whose role is to coordinate the campaign's operations such as fundraising, advertising, polling, getting out the vote , and other activities supporting the effort, directly.Apart from the candidate, they are often a campaign's most visible leader...
for Pan-Blue CoalitionPan-Blue CoalitionThe Pan-Blue Coalition 泛藍聯盟 or Pan-Blue Force is a political alliance in the Republic of China , consisting of the Kuomintang , the People First Party , and the New Party . The name comes from the party colours of the Kuomintang...
's presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeouMa Ying-jeouMa Ying-jeou is the 12th term and current President of the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. He formerly served as Justice Minister from 1993 to 1996, Mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006, and Chairman...
http://udn.com/NEWS/DOMESTIC/DOM3/3951222.shtml. - Peter Ng (黃文雄): famous for his failed assassinationAssassinationTo carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
attempt against Chiang Ching-kuoChiang Ching-kuoChiang Ching-kuo , Kuomintang politician and leader, was the son of President Chiang Kai-shek and held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China...
in 1970; erstwhile National Policy AdvisorSenior AdvisorIn some countries, a Senior Advisor is an appointed position by the Head of State to advise on the highest levels of national and government policy. Sometimes a junior position to this is called a National Policy Advisor...
on human rightsHuman rightsHuman rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
issues to the President of the Republic of China; avid supporter of the party since it was founded. - Pan Han-Chiang (潘翰疆), member of the Central Supervisory Committee of the party, 1999; also, vice secretary-general of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union.
- Calvin Wen (溫炳原), a former Secretary-General of the Party, competing in the by-election in Da'an District due to the resignation of Diane Lee in 2009.
See also
- Politics of the Republic of ChinaPolitics of the Republic of ChinaThe politics of the Republic of China ,takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is head of state and the premier is head of government, and of a dominant party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative...
- List of environmental organizations
- List of political parties in the Republic of China
- Green party