Pasuya Yao
Yao Wen-chih (Chinese: 姚文智; pinyin: Yáo Wénzhì; Wade–Giles: Yao Wen-chih; born 4 December 1965) is a Taiwanese politician also known by the appropriated Tsou name Pasuya Yao. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2018.
Yao Wen-chih Pasuya Yao | |
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姚文智 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2012 – 18 November 2018[1] | |
| Preceded by | Justin Chou |
| Succeeded by | Ho Chih-wei |
| 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 | 4 December 1965 Tianmu, Shilin District, Yangmingshan, Taipei, Taiwan[2] |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Alma mater | Fu Jen Catholic University |
Political career
Yao, a former journalist, was named the minister of the Government Information Office in March 2005.[3][4] By 2006, he had stepped down.[5]
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,[6] but lost to independent candidate Ko Wen-je in an opinion poll held the next month.[7] The Democratic Progressive Party chose to back Ko's independent bid for the office,[8] and he defeated Kuomintang candidate Sean Lien.[9]
2016 Republic of China legislative election
On 16 January 2016, Yao won the legislative election for Taipei City 2nd constituency representing Shilin District and Datong District.[10]
| 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 |  DPP | 107,366 | 59.29% |  | |
| 7 | Chen Jian-bin (陳建斌) | Free Taiwan Party | 433 | 0.24% | ||
Yao announced that he would contest the Taipei mayoralty for the second time in July 2017.[11] He resigned from the legislature in November 2018 to focus on his mayoral campaign.[12]
2018 Taipei City mayoral election
| 2018 Taipei City mayoral results[13] | |||||
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| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Wu Er-yang (吳蕚洋) | .svg.png.webp){kind=icon} Independent | 5,617 | 0.40% | |
| 2 | Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) |  Kuomintang | 577,566 | 40.82% | |
| 3 | Pasuya Yao | Democratic Progressive Party | 244,641 | 17.29% | |
| 4 | Ko Wen-je | Independent | 580,820 | 41.05% | |
| 5 | Lee Si-kuen (李錫錕) | Independent | 6,172 | 0.44% | |
| Total voters | 2,164,155 | ||||
| Valid votes | 1,414,816 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 65.37% | ||||
Filmmaking
Yao retired from politics after finishing third behind Ko Wen-je and Ting Shou-chung, stating that he would begin working on documentaries about activists Peng Ming-min and Cheng Nan-jung.[14] Yao's film production company released the crowdfunded film Untold Herstory in 2022, on which Yao was credited as producer.[15][16]
References
- Legislative Yuan. "姚文智委員". Retrieved 2018-11-22.
- 民視新聞 Formosa TV News. "【台灣演義】姚文智". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
- Chuang, Jimmy (18 March 2005). "New GIO minister vows to protect press freedom". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- Chuang, Jimmy (30 August 2005). "A new look at the GIO and its task". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- Young, W. T. (3 March 2006). "Hsieh to run for president in 2008 poll". China Post. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- Wang, Chris (15 May 2014). "Pasuya Yao wins DPP's first-stage Taipei primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- Wang, Chris (14 June 2014). "Ko wins over Yao in DPP Taipei mayor public poll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- Wang, Chris (17 June 2014). "DPP tells Ko Wen-je it will support him in poll". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- Wei, Katherine (30 November 2014). "Ko defeats Lien by a landslide 240,000 votes". China Post. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- Chen, Wei-han (17 January 2016). "'League' candidates win three of eight Taipei constituencies". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- Su, Fang-ho; Hetherington, William (24 July 2017). "Pasuya Yao throws hat in mayoral ring". Taipei Times. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- Shih, Hsiu-chuan (18 November 2018). "Taipei mayoral candidates present platforms, Yao resigns as lawmaker". Central News Agency. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- "2018 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- Huang, Chien-hao; Chin, Jonathan (2 December 2018). "Pasuya Yao moves from politics to documentaries". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- Wang, Hsin-yu; Lin, Sean (28 July 2022). "Crowdfunding launched for movie about female political prisoners in Taiwan". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- Lo, James (9 September 2022). "'Untold Herstory' film to be on big screens across Taiwan late October". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
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