Chen Meng-hsiu

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Chen Meng-hsiu
陳孟秀
Secretary-General of the New Power Party
In office
1 March 2019 (2019-03-01) – 30 August 2019 (2019-08-30)
Preceded byChen Hui-min
Succeeded byWu Pei-yun [zh]
Personal details
Born (1975-11-21) 21 November 1975 (age 48)
NationalityTaiwanese
OccupationHuman rights lawyer, politician

Chen Meng-hsiu (Chinese: 陳孟秀; pinyin: Chén Mèngxiù; born 21 November 1975) or Cirasmita Chen is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician.

Chen was a human rights lawyer prior to her career in politics.[1] She was appointed Chen Hui-min's successor as secretary-general of the New Power Party on 1 March 2019, when party chairman Chiu Hsien-chih took office.[2] As secretary-general, Chen Meng-hsiu announced the party's electoral strategy for the 2020 legislative election.[3] When Chiu resigned from the chairmanship on 12 August 2019, Chen managed party affairs while the position was vacant.[4] Hsu Yung-ming, Chiu's successor as New Power Party chair, announced on 30 August 2019 that Wu Pei-yun [zh] would replace Chen as secretary-general.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chen, Wei-han (8 January 2018). "DPP sees no way of cooperating with NPP on labor law". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. ^ 黃揚明 (28 February 2019). "小燈泡媽委任律師陳孟秀 任時代力量祕書長" (in Chinese). Mirror Media. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019. Alt URL
  3. ^ Maxon, Ann (11 April 2019). "NPP sets down nomination rules for legislative vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ^ Maxon, Ann (14 August 2019). "Hung Tzu-yung to leave NPP over internal row". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  5. ^ "吳佩芸任時力秘書長 徐永明喊拚8席不分區". Taiwan People News (in Chinese). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.