Chang Chih-lun

Chang was born on November 21, 1983. He is one of three sons of politician Chang Ching-chung, who formerly served in the Legislative Yuan, and his wife, Chen Ching-ting [zh], a member of the New Taipei City Council.^[1][2]

After high school, Chang graduated from Ming Chuan University with a bachelor's degree in accounting. He then earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University in the United States in 2008.^[3]

In April 2019, Chang Chih-lun contested the Kuomintang party primary for the 2020 legislative election. He was seeking the New Taipei 8 seat in the Legislative Yuan once held by his father.^[4] He lost that contest,^[5][6][7] and was placed on the proportional party list instead. When the list was first announced, Chang was ranked in the 27th position.^[8] When the list was finalized, Chang was listed 26th.^[9][10] The Kuomintang won 33.36% of the party list vote, enabling thirteen legislators to take office; Chang was not seated to the Legislative Yuan.^[11][12] In March 2020, Chang was elected head of the Kuomintang branch office in Zhonghe.^[13] Chang received KMT support to run in the 2024 election and faced Democratic Progressive Party candidate Justin Wu and Taiwan People's Party candidate Andy Chiu.^[2][14][15] Chang was elected to the Legislative Yuan in his second bid for the office.^[16][17]