Pasuya Yao
Taiwanese politician
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Yao Wen-chih (Chinese: 姚文智; pinyin: Yáo Wénzhì; Wade–Giles: Yao Wen-chih; born 4 December 1965), also known by the appropriated[3] Tsou name Pasuya Yao, is a Taiwanese film maker and former politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2018.
Pasuya Yao Yao Wen-chih | |
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姚文智 | |
Official portrait, 2014 | |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 2012 – 18 November 2018[1] | |
| Preceded by | Justin Chou |
| Succeeded by | Ho Chih-wei |
| Constituency | Taipei II |
| 22nd Director-General of the Government Information Office | |
| In office 13 March 2005 – 25 January 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Frank Hsieh |
| Preceded by | Lin Chia-lung |
| Succeeded by | Cheng Wen-tsan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 December 1965 |
| Party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Education | Fu Jen Catholic University (BA) |
Political career
Yao, a former journalist, was named the minister of the Government Information Office in March 2005.[4][5] By 2006, he had stepped down.[6]
2014 Taipei City mayoral campaign
Yao ran for the mayoralty of Taipei City in the 2014 local elections. He won the first round of a party primary held in May,[7] but lost to independent candidate Ko Wen-je in an opinion poll held the next month.[8] The Democratic Progressive Party chose to back Ko's independent bid for the office,[9] and he defeated Kuomintang candidate Sean Lien.[10]
2016 Republic of China legislative election
On 16 January 2016, Yao won the legislative election for Taipei City 2nd constituency representing Shilin District and Datong District.[11]
| 2016 Republic of China Legislative Election Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 1 | Wang Ming-tzong (王銘宗) | Independent | 1,342 | 0.74% | ||
| 2 | Chen Min-chien (陳民乾) | Taiwan Independence Party | 865 | 0.48% | ||
| 3 | Wu Chun-te (吳俊德) | Faith and Hope League | 3,550 | 1.96% | ||
| 4 | Lin Xing-rong (林幸蓉) | National Health Service Alliance | 1,561 | 0.86% | ||
| 5 | Wynn Pan (潘懷宗) | New Party | 65,967 | 36.43% | ||
| 6 | Pasuya Yao | DPP | 107,366 | 59.29% | .svg){kind=small} | |
| 7 | Chen Jian-bin (陳建斌) | Free Taiwan Party | 433 | 0.24% | ||
Yao announced that he would contest the Taipei mayoralty for the second time in July 2017.[12] He resigned from the legislature in November 2018 to focus on his mayoral campaign.[13]
2018 Taipei City mayoral election
| 2018 Taipei City mayoral results[14] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage | |
| 1 | Wu Er-yang (吳蕚洋) | .svg){kind=icon} Independent | 5,617 | 0.40% | |
| 2 | Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) |  Kuomintang | 577,566 | 40.82% | |
| 3 | Pasuya Yao | Democratic Progressive Party | 244,641 | 17.29% | |
| 4 | Ko Wen-je | Independent | 580,820 | 41.05% | |
| 5 | Lee Si-kuen (李錫錕) | Independent | 6,172 | 0.44% | |
| Total voters | 2,164,155 | ||||
| Valid votes | 1,414,816 | ||||
| Invalid votes | |||||
| Voter turnout | 65.37% | ||||
Filmmaking
Yao retired from politics after finishing third behind Ko Wen-je and Ting Shou-chung, stating that he would begin working on documentaries about activists Peng Ming-min and Cheng Nan-jung.[15] Yao's film production company released the crowdfunded film Untold Herstory in 2022, on which Yao was credited as producer.[16][17]
