Chiang Chieh-an explained

Chiang Chieh-an
Native Name Lang:zh
Smallimage:立法委員蔣絜安.jpg
Term Start1:17 July 2018
Term End1:31 January 2020
Constituency1:Republic of China
Birth Date:1968 7, df=yes
Profession:politician
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Chiang Chieh-an (; born 7 July 1968) is a Taiwanese politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2018 to 2020.

Personal life

Chiang Chieh-an is of Hakka descent. Her father-in-law was the writer Chung Chao-cheng.[1] [2]

Political career

Chiang Chien-an was appointed to the Legislative Yuan via a proportional representation party list as a representative of the Democratic Progressive Party.[3]

She took office on 17 July 2018, succeeding Kolas Yotaka, who joined the William Lai-led Executive Yuan as the spokesperson. In May 2019, an amendment to the Referendum Act proposed by Chiang was advanced to a second reading without undergoing committee review.[4] [5]

The amendment included a clause that required voters to present their National identification card when voting in a referendum. It also called for referendums to be held separately from elections and only once every two years. The opposition Kuomintang caucus raised concerns about the national identification card requirement, and it was removed before the amendment splitting referendums from elections passed.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. News: Yang . Chun-hui . Chen . Yun . Chung . Jake . 6 November 2019 . DPP, KMT trade barbs over language . Taipei Times . 16 May 2020.
  2. News: 許 . 倬勛 . 獨家》「客家文學之母」鍾肇政辭世 享壽96歲 . 16 May 2020 . Liberty Times . 16 May 2020 . zh.
  3. News: Chiang Chieh-an (9) . 16 May 2020 . Legislative Yuan.
  4. News: Lin . Sean . 13 July 2018 . Premier unveils Cabinet picks . Taipei Times . 16 May 2020.
  5. News: DPP advances referendum bill while KMT away . 16 May 2020 . Taipei Times . 19 May 2019.
  6. News: Lee . Hsin-fang . 3 June 2019 . DPP aims to pass legislation during provisional session . Taipei Times . 16 May 2020.
  7. News: Lee . Hsin-fang . Hetherington . William . 17 June 2019 . DPP offers date for provisional session . Taipei Times . 16 May 2020.
  8. News: Hsiao . Sherry . Huang . Hsin-po . 6 June 2019 . Commission to add 1,500 polling stations for Jan. 11 . Taipei Times . 16 May 2020.
  9. News: Hsieh . Chun-lin . Referendums decoupled from polls . 16 May 2020 . Taipei Times . 18 June 2019.