Taiwan

Legislative Yuan

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8th Legislative Yuan

2012-02-01 – 2016-01-16

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Party Groupings

  • KMT

    64 seats

  • DPP

    40 seats

  • unknown

    5 seats

  • TSU

    3 seats

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Social links 1%
Contact details 0%
Identifiers 100%

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Kai-Chin Chan

KMT — Overseas

Gender male
wikidata Q50413814

Man-Jung Chan

KMT — Nationwide (from 2015-07-20)

Gender female
Born 1956-06-09
wikidata Q15931826

Chia-Chun Chang

KMT — 1st electoral district, Yulin County

Gender female
Born 1981-01-10
wikidata Q8279212

Ching-chung Chang

KMT — 8th electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1951-12-04
wikidata Q8273115

Tien-Lin Chao

DPP — 7th electoral district, Kaohsiung City

Gender male
Born 1973-03-08
wikidata Q8347665

Chao-Ming Chen

KMT — 1st electoral district, Miaoli County

Gender male
Born 1951-12-17
wikidata Q8273248

Chen-Hsiang Chen

KMT — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1942-10-10
wikidata Q8272933

Chi-Mai Chen

DPP — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1964-12-23
wikidata Q5090717
viaf 96846698
lcauth no2009125349

Chiech-Ju Chen

DPP — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1944-03-03
wikidata Q8347281

Hsuen-Sheng Chen

KMT — Lienchiang County

Gender male
Born 1952-01-01
wikidata Q8273082

Ken-Te Chen

KMT — 1st electoral district, Taoyuan County

Gender male
Born 1956-11
wikidata Q8273222

Ming-Wen Chen

DPP — 2nd electoral district, Chiayi County

Gender male
Born 1955-05-13
wikidata Q5090859
freebase /m/0g5rfb_

Ou-Po Chen

DPP — I-Lan County

Gender male
Born 1962-10-12
wikidata Q8347997

Pi-Han Chen

KMT — Nationwide

Gender female
wikidata Q50410542

Shu-Huey Chen

KMT — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1957-10-06
wikidata Q16239478

Su-Yueh Chen

DPP — 4th electoral district, Changhua County (from 2015-02-16)

Gender female
Born 1966-01-18
wikidata Q19653988

Tan-Sun Chen

DPP — 5th electoral district, Tainan City

Gender male
Born 1935-09-16
wikidata Q707648
viaf 31895431
lcauth nr96022602
freebase /m/02rs_47
isni 0000 0000 6428 2466

Ting-Fei Chen

DPP — 3rd electoral district, Tainan City

Gender female
Born 1974-07-19
wikidata Q8347820

Yi-Chieh Chen

unknown — Nationwide (from 2013-03-22)

Gender female
Born 1979-09-09
wikidata Q15930216

Shei-Saint Chen

KMT — 3rd electoral district, Taoyuan County

Gender male
Born 1957-09-28
wikidata Q8273045

Li-Chiun Cheng

DPP — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1969-06-19
wikidata Q8351107
viaf 933145857951123021276
lcauth n2016008377

Ru-Fen Cheng

KMT — 3rd electoral district, Changhua County

Gender female
Born 1957-02-16
wikidata Q8272916

Chi-Chen Chiang

KMT — 8th electoral district, Taichung City

Gender male
Born 1972-03-02
wikidata Q8279603

Huei-Chen Chiang

KMT — 7th electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender female
Born 1963-01-28
wikidata Q8274205
lcauth nr00006184

Nai-Shin Chiang

KMT — 6th electoral district, Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1948-09-24
wikidata Q8274144

Wen-Yan Chiau

KMT — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1953-07-17
wikidata Q8279815
viaf 38245067
lcauth n81116544
isni 0000 0000 6338 2860

Tung-Ming Chien

KMT — Aboriginals District

Gender male
Born 1951-06-04
wikidata Q8274185

Chih-Wei Chiu

DPP — 2nd electoral district, Kaohsiung City

Gender male
Born 1972-07-24
wikidata Q8347718

Yi-Ying Chiu

DPP — 1st electoral district, Kaohsiung City

Gender female
Born 1971-06-01
wikidata Q8347775

Ni-An Chou

TSU — Nationwide (from 2014-02-10)

Gender female
Born 1972-10-07
wikidata Q10920153

Jui-Hsiung Chuang

DPP — 3rd electoral district,Pingtung County (from 2015-02-16)

Gender male
Born 1963-04-20
wikidata Q8351019

Alex Hrong-Tai Fai

KMT — 7th electoral district, Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1954-07-07
wikidata Q9346217

Jyh-Peng Gao

DPP — 3rd electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1963-08-08
wikidata Q8348463

Hsin-Chun Ho

DPP — 7th electoral district, Taichung City

Gender female
Born 1973-12-18
wikidata Q8348788

Bi-Khim Hsiao

DPP — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1971-08-07
wikidata Q700752
freebase /m/06m95b

Kuo-Liang Hsieh

KMT — Keelung City

Gender male
Born 1975-10-05
wikidata Q8274088

Chih-Chieh Hsu

DPP — 8th electoral district, Kaohsiung City

Gender male
Born 1966-01-05
wikidata Q8349077

Chih-Jung Hsu

KMT — 2nd electoral district, Miaoli County (from 2015-02-16)

Gender male
Born 1955-07-31
wikidata Q19825322

Hsin-Ying Hsu

unknown — Hsinchu County

Gender female
Born 1972-04-23
wikidata Q9141091

Shu-Hua Hsu

KMT — 2rd electoral district, Nantou County (from 2015-02-16)

Gender female
Born 1975-10-15
wikidata Q18659220
viaf 316457436

Tain-Tsair Hsu

DPP — 4th electoral district, Tainan City

Gender male
Born 1951-01-23
wikidata Q698464
freebase /m/03cbl_7

Ling Hsueh

DPP — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1954-01-02
wikidata Q8348951

Chao-Shun Huang

KMT — 3rd electoral district, Kaohsiung City

Gender female
Born 1953-08-22
wikidata Q8270063

Chih-Hsiung Huang

KMT — 5th electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1976-10-16
wikidata Q710060
freebase /m/03yz0y

Kuo-Shu Huang

DPP — 6th electoral district, Taichung City (from 2015-02-16)

Gender male
Born 1964-01-03
wikidata Q19058548

Wei-Cher Huang

DPP — 2nd electoral district, Tainan City

Gender male
Born 1963-09-26
wikidata Q8348653

Hsiu-Chu Hung

KMT — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1948-04-07
wikidata Q8274029

Tian-Tsair Jeng

KMT — Plain

Gender male
Born 1956-12-16
wikidata Q17027222

Su-Mei Kao Chin

unknown — Aboriginals District

Gender female
Born 1965-09-21
wikidata Q697862
viaf 53699516
lcauth no00073687
freebase /m/02qlb8f
isni 0000 0001 1444 2617

Chien-Ming Ker

DPP — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1951-09-08
wikidata Q6393270

Bi-Ling Kuan

DPP — 5th electoral district, Kaohsiung City

Gender female
Born 1956-12-09
wikidata Q3846662
viaf 54006407
lcauth nr91034852
isni 0000 0000 6417 2427

Wen-Chi Kung

KMT — Aboriginals District

Gender male
Born 1957-10-18
wikidata Q8274261

Chen-Chang Lai

TSU — Nationwide (from 2014-02-10)

Gender male
Born 1958-01-15
wikidata Q16926907

Shyh-Bao Lai

KMT — 8th electoral district, Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1951-06-20
wikidata Q8275493
viaf 315952194

Ching-Hua Lee

KMT — 12th electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1948-12-03
wikidata Q8275026

Chun-Yi Lee

DPP — Chaiyi City

Gender male
Born 1965-07-06
wikidata Q8347574

Guei-Min Lee

KMT — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1959-12-11
wikidata Q16905422

Hung-Chun Lee

unknown — 4th electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1959-05-11
wikidata Q8275115

Kun-Tse Lee

DPP — 6th electoral district, Kaohsiung City

Gender male
Born 1964-04-29
wikidata Q8349723

Tung-Hao Lee

unknown — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1955-10-07
wikidata Q9031661
viaf 269241782
lcauth no2004066835

Ying-Yuan Lee

DPP — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1953-03-16
wikidata Q6515593
viaf 4810725
lcauth nr94008829
isni 0000 0000 6422 9147
fast 336873

Cheng-Ching Liao

KMT — 2nd electoral district, Taoyuan County

Gender male
Born 1945-01-08
wikidata Q8274946

Kuo-Tung Liao

KMT — Plain

Gender male
Born 1955-01-08
wikidata Q8274398

Hsu Shao-Ping Lin

KMT — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1941-05-16
wikidata Q8276552

Hung-Chih Lin

KMT — 6th electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1955-08-22
wikidata Q8274436

Kuo-Cheng Lin

KMT — 9th electoral district, Kaohsiung City

Gender male
Born 1966-11-26
wikidata Q8279533

Shu-Fen Lin

DPP — 2nd electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender female
Born 1973-01-17
wikidata Q8357162
viaf 316457415

Tai-Hua Lin

DPP — 4th electoral district, Kaohsiung City

Gender female
Born 1972-08-04
wikidata Q8349768

Te-Fu Lin

KMT — 9th electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1953-10-23
wikidata Q8275203

Tsang-Min Lin

KMT — 2nd electoral district, Changhua County

Gender male
Born 1958-01-01
wikidata Q8275291

Yu-Fang Lin

KMT — 5th electoral district, Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1951-03-15
wikidata Q6550136

Chao-Hao Liu

DPP — Taitung County

Gender male
Born 1967-02-02
wikidata Q8349660

Chien-Kuo Liu

DPP — 2nd electoral district, Yulin County

Gender male
Born 1969-03-09
wikidata Q8349646
viaf 316457434

Ming-Tsai Lo

KMT — 11th electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1967-01-15
wikidata Q8275466

Shu-Lei Lo

KMT — 3rd electoral district, Taipei City

Gender female
Born 1952-11-28
wikidata Q8275467

Chia-Chen Lu

KMT — 10th electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1953-01-01
wikidata Q8275440

Hsueh-Chang Lu

KMT — Hsinchu City

Gender male
Born 1952-11-05
wikidata Q8274933
lcauth n2011070532

Shiow-Yen Lu

KMT — 5th electoral district, Taichung City

Gender female
Born 1961-08-31
wikidata Q8274707

Yu-Ling Lu

KMT — 5th electoral district, Taoyuan County

Gender female
Born 1961-06-19
wikidata Q10919979

Wen-Chun Ma

KMT — 1st electoral district, Nantou County

Gender female
Born 1965-12-01
wikidata Q8279858

Wei-Kang Pan

KMT — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1957-03-31
wikidata Q8275781

Chen-Ching Su

DPP — 1st electoral district,Pingtung County

Gender male
Born 1965-02-02
wikidata Q8350223

Ching-Chuan Su

KMT — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1957-08-05
wikidata Q15933742

Ta-Chien Sun

KMT — 6th electoral district, Taoyuan County

Gender male
Born 1969-08-28
wikidata Q8279442

Chiu-Chin Tien

DPP — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1954-05-27
wikidata Q8350306

Shou-chung Ting

KMT — 1st electoral district, Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1954-09-01
wikidata Q8273289
viaf 7150202218603112367

Cheng-Yuan Tsai

KMT — 4th electoral district, Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1953-12-25
wikidata Q8272967

Chi-Chang Tsai

DPP — 1st electoral district, Taichung City

Gender male
Born 1969-04-16
wikidata Q8350279

Chin-Lung Tsai

KMT — 4th electoral district, Taichung City

Gender male
Born 1958-03-01
wikidata Q8273168

Huang-Liang Tsai

DPP — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1960-07-05
wikidata Q8350321

Chu-Wei Tseng

KMT — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1951-09-04
wikidata Q11091487

Yi-kang Tuan

DPP — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1963-11-14
wikidata Q8357056

Chin-Shih Wang

KMT — 2rd electoral district,Pingtung County

Gender male
Born 1948-09-03
wikidata Q8277043

Hui-Mei Wang

KMT — 1st electoral district, Changhua County

Gender female
Born 1968-11-22
wikidata Q8279684
viaf 316457433

Jin-Pyng Wang

KMT — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1941-03-17
wikidata Q707601
freebase /m/02vlx8

Ting-Son Wang

KMT — Hualien County

Gender male
Born 1965-06-30
wikidata Q8277631
viaf 6147118239026341746

Yu-Min Wang

KMT — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1971-04-11
wikidata Q8279711

Chung-Chun Wong

KMT — 1st electoral district, Chiayi County

Gender male
Born 1955-05-31
wikidata Q9057632

Yi-Chen Wu

DPP — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1970-04-23
wikidata Q8350435

Yu-Jen Wu

KMT — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1969-02-05
wikidata Q8279427

Ping-Jui Wu

DPP — Nationwide

Gender male
Born 1966-10-07
wikidata Q8350478

Yu-Sheng Wu

KMT — 1st electoral district, New Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1958-12-01
wikidata Q8277229

Chiung-Ying Yang

KMT — 3rd electoral district, Taichung City

Gender female
Born 1964-10-19
wikidata Q8278752

Li-Huan Yang

KMT — 4th electoral district, Taoyuan County

Gender female
Born 1957-05-01
wikidata Q8278346

Yao Yang

DPP — Penghu County

Gender male
Born 1966-12-06
wikidata Q8350686

Yu-Hsin Yang

KMT — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1974-12-31
wikidata Q8278747

Ying-Hsiung Yang

KMT — Kinmen County

Gender male
Born 1957-06-08
wikidata Q19825688

Wen-Chih Yao

DPP — 2nd electoral district, Taipei City

Gender male
Born 1965-12-04
wikidata Q8350665

Chin-Lin Yeh

TSU — Nationwide (from 2013-07-26)

Gender female
Born 1947-03-14
wikidata Q15911945

Yi-Jin Yeh

DPP — 1st electoral district, Tainan City

Gender female
Born 1960-08-21
wikidata Q8350727

Kuan-Heng Yen

KMT — 2rd electoral district, Taichung City (from 2013-02-01)

Gender male
Born 1977-09-14
wikidata Q8278820

Mei-Nu Yu

DPP — Nationwide

Gender female
Born 1955-01-29
wikidata Q9130647
viaf 7276452
lcauth nr94039710
isni 0000 0000 6423 4421

Ruby programmer? It’s easy to use this data in your own app! Use the gem like this: 

require 'everypolitician'
country = Everypolitician::Index.new.country('Taiwan')
house = country.legislature('Legislative-Yuan')
house.popolo.terms.find_by(id: 'term/8').memberships.each do |membership|
  puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
end

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