Su Chiao-hui

Su Chiao-hui is a Taiwanese lawyer, legal scholar, and politician who is currently a member of the Legislative Yuan.

Early life and education

Su Chiao-hui was born in Pingtung County on April 5, 1976, the eldest daughter of former Taiwanese premier Su Tseng-chang. She has two younger sisters: Su Chiao-chun, a creative arts designer, and Su Chiao-ning, a professor at Oakland University. They were raised in New Taipei City, and all graduated from Taipei First Girls' High School.
After high school, Su studied law and sociology at National Taiwan University and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws, then pursued graduate studies in the United States at Boston University and the University of Pennsylvania. She earned a Master of Laws from the Boston [University School of Law], then a second LL.M. in 2007 and her Doctor of Juridical Science in 2011 from the University of [Pennsylvania Law School].

Legal career

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

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. She defeated Kuomintang incumbent Huang Chih-hsiung, who had held the seat for three terms.

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.