Su Chiao-hui

Su Chiao-hui (Chinese: 蘇巧慧; pinyin: Sū Qiǎohuì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: So͘ Kháu-hūi; 5 April 1976) is a Taiwanese lawyer, legal scholar, and politician who is currently a member of the Legislative Yuan.

Su Chiao-hui MLY
蘇巧慧
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2016
Preceded by	Huang Chih-hsiung
Constituency	New Taipei V
5th Head of the New Taipei Branch of the Democratic Progressive Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 June 2024
Chairman	Lai Ching-te
Preceded by	Ho Po-wen
Personal details
Born	(1976-04-05) 5 April 1976 (age 49) Pingtung County, Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Spouse	Lungnan Isak Fangas ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Su Tseng-chang and Chan Hsiu-ling
Education	National Taiwan University (LLB) Boston University (LLM) University of Pennsylvania (LLM, SJD)

Early life and education

Su Chiao-hui was born in Pingtung County and was raised in New Taipei City.^[1][2] She is the daughter of former Taiwanese premier Su Tseng-chang.

After graduating from Taipei First Girls' High School, Su studied law and sociology at National Taiwan University and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree. She then completed graduate studies in the United States at Boston University and the University of Pennsylvania, earning Master of Laws (LL.B.) degrees from the Boston University School of Law and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, respectively. She then earned a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.^[3]

Legal career

Su Chiao-hui was a trial lawyer who did pro bono work for people in poverty.^[4] While working for Formosa Transnational Attorneys at Law, a firm founded by Fan Kuang-chun and John Chen, Su was mentored by Wellington Koo.^[5] She has also served as executive director of her father's Eball Foundation [zh] starting in 2012.^[6]

Political career

Su defeated Ou Chin-shih and Liao Yi-kun in a Democratic Progressive Party primary held in March 2015 to win her party's nomination for the fifth constituency of New Taipei City.^[7] She defeated Kuomintang incumbent Huang Chih-hsiung, who had held the seat for three terms.^[8][9]

Legislative Election 2016: New Taipei 5th district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Progressive	Su Chiao-hui	92,237	56.11
	Kuomintang	Huang Chih-hsiung	67,014	40.77
	NPP	Kuo Po-yu	5,130	3.12
Majority			25,223	15.34
Total valid votes			164,381	98.83
Rejected ballots			1,940	1.17
	Democratic Progressive gain from Kuomintang		Swing
Turnout			166,321	68.16
Registered electors			244,030

Personal life

Su is the eldest daughter of the former Prime Minister (President of the Executive Yuan) of Taiwan, Su Tseng-chang and Chan Hsiu-ling. Su's husband, Lungnan Isak Fangas, is an Amis filmmaker.^[4][10]