Green Party Taiwan - Notable Persons

Notable Persons

  • Linda Gail Arrigo (艾琳達), international affairs officer for the party; ex-wife of Shih Ming-teh.
  • Kao Meng-Ting (高孟定), who won a seat in Yunlin County for Green Party Taiwan in the ROC National Assembly in 1996, but later defected to the Democratic Progressive Party.
  • Lin Cheng-hsiu (林正修), erstwhile Research, Development and Evaluation Commission Director, Taipei City (apparently the only party member holding a public office in 2004); he ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2004 legislative election. In 2007, Lin appeared to have become a campaign manager for Pan-Blue Coalition's presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou.
  • Peter Huang (黃文雄): famous for his failed assassination attempt against Chiang Ching-kuo in 1970; erstwhile National Policy Advisor on human rights issues to the President of the Republic of China; avid supporter of the party since it was founded.
  • Pan Han-Chiang (潘翰疆), member of the Central Supervisory Committee of the party, 1999; also, vice secretary-general of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union.
  • Calvin Wen (溫炳原), a former Secretary-General of the Party, competed in the by-election in Da'an District due to the resignation of Diane Lee in 2009.

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