Chang Chuan-tien | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
Term Start: | 1 February 1999 |
Term End: | 10 September 2006 |
Constituency: | Yilan County |
Office1: | Member of the National Assembly |
Term Start1: | 1992 |
Term End1: | 1997 |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1945 |
Birth Place: | Shōkei, Giran, Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan) |
Death Place: | Jiaoxi, Yilan, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Taiwanese |
Children: | 4 |
Alma Mater: | Tunghai University |
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Chang Chuan-tien (; 15 August 1945 – 10 September 2006) was a Taiwanese politician.
Chang was born in Taihoku Prefecture of Japanese Taiwan, in what is now Jiaoxi, Yilan. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Tunghai University, graduating in 1973.[1]
He cofounded the Democratic Progressive Party in 1986, and was a member of the Yilan Gang, a DPP clique.[1] [2] Chang served in the National Assembly from 1992 to 1997, and in 1998, was elected to the Legislative Yuan. He represented his hometown Yilan County district until his death in 2006 from liver failure, aged 61.[1]