| Su Jia-chyuan | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-hant |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
| Office1: | 2nd Chairman of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association |
| Term Start1: | 27 May 2022 |
| 1Blankname1: | Foreign Minister |
| 2Blankname1: | Representative |
| 2Namedata1: | Frank Hsieh |
| 1Namedata1: | Joseph Wu Lin Chia-lung |
| Predecessor1: | Chiou I-jen |
| Office2: | 36th Secretary-General to the President |
| President2: | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Term Start2: | 20 May 2020 |
| Term End2: | 2 August 2020 |
| Predecessor2: | Chen Chu |
| Order3: | 11th |
| Office3: | President of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start3: | 1 February 2016 |
| Term End3: | 31 January 2020 |
| Vicepresident3: | Tsai Chi-chang |
| Predecessor3: | Wang Jin-pyng |
| Successor3: | Yu Shyi-kun |
| Office4: | 16th and 18th Secretary-General of the 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 the Council of Agriculture |
| Term Start6: | 25 January 2006 |
| Term End6: | 20 May 2008 |
| Primeminister6: | Su Tseng-chang 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[1] |
| Term Start7: | 9 April 2004 |
| Term End7: | 25 January 2006 |
| Primeminister7: | Yu Shyi-kun Frank Hsieh |
| Predecessor7: | Yu Cheng-hsien |
| Successor7: | Lee I-yang |
| Office8: | 10th Magistrate of Pingtung |
| Term Start8: | 20 December 1997 |
| Term End8: | 8 April 2004 |
| Predecessor8: | Chang Man-chuen Wu Tse-yuan |
| Successor8: | Wu Ying-wen Tsao Chi-hung |
| Office9: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start9: | 1 February 2016 |
| Term End9: | 31 January 2020 |
| Constituency9: | Party-list (Democratic Progressive Party) |
| 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: | 22 October 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Pingtung County, Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Taiwan |
| Party: | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Spouse: | Hung Heng-chu (洪恆珠)[2] |
| Alma Mater: | National Taiwan Ocean University National Sun Yat-sen University |
Su Jia-chyuan (or Su Chia-chyuan; ; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
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.[3] From May to August 2020, he briefly served as Secretary General to the President under the Tsai Ing-wen administration.[4]
After graduating from National Pingtung Senior High School, Su attended National Taiwan Ocean University.[5]
In 2010 Su narrowly lost to Jason Hu in the election for Mayor of Taichung.[6]
Su was the vice-presidential candidate on the losing DPP ticket for the 2012 presidential election.
In 2016 legislative elections Su placed on the proportional representation ballot, and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan.[7]
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.[8] Su became the first DPP speaker in the Legislative Yuan.[9] [10]
Su was named Secretary-General to the President on 20 May 2020.[11] [12] He resigned on 2 August 2020, following allegations of bribery against his nephew, legislator .[13] In May 2022, Su succeeded Chiou I-jen as head of the Taiwan–Japan Relations Association.[14]
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.