Lo Chih-chiang | |
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| 羅智強 | |
.jpg) Lo in 2025 | |
| Member of theTaipei City Council | |
| Assumed office 25 December 2018 | |
| Constituency | Taipei City District 6 (servingDaan-Wenshan) |
| Director of theKMTInstitute of Revolutionary Practice | |
| Assumed office 25 March 2020 | |
| Chairman | Johnny Chiang |
| Deputies | Yu Shu-hui Huang Chien-hao |
| Preceded by | Lin Huo-wang |
| Deputy Secretary-General of theROC Presidential Office | |
| In office 6 February 2012 – 30 September 2013 Serving with Liu Bao-guey, Hsiung Kuang-hua | |
| President | Ma Ying-jeou |
| Secretary-General | Tseng Yung-chuan Timothy Yang |
| Preceded by | Kao Lang |
| Succeeded by | Hsiao Hsu-tsen |
| 2nd Spokesperson of theROC Presidential Office | |
| In office 1 March 2010 – 4 May 2011 | |
| President | Ma Ying-jeou |
| Preceded by | Wang Yu-chi |
| Succeeded by | Fan Chiang Tai-chi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1970-03-26)26 March 1970 (age 55) |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Other political affiliations | New Party (1994–1998) |
| Spouse | Huang Xui-Ling |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Education | National Sun Yat-sen University (BBA) National Chengchi University (LLB,LLM) |
| Website | Foundation website |
Lo Chih-chiang (Chinese:羅智強;pinyin:Luó Zhìqiáng; born 26 March 1970) is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician. He is a member of theKuomintang (KMT). From 2010 to 2013, he was first the spokesperson and then the Deputy Secretary-General of theROC Presidential Office.[1] He was elected to theTaipei City Council in 2018. In 2020, at the invitation of KMT chairmanJohnny Chiang, he assumed the directorship of the party school, theInstitute of Revolutionary Practice.[2]
Lo was born inHualien City on 26 March 1970 to parents who moved to Taiwan as part of the1955 Dachen Evacuation. When he was three years old, he moved with his parents toKeelung City. After graduating from Keelung Senior High School, he earned aBachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree inbusiness management fromNational Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU).[3]
As a student, Lo was active in debate activities and co-founded the Chinese Speech and Debate Association with Chao Tien-lin. In 1998, Lo ran unsuccessfully for a seat in theKaohsiung City Council as an independent, receiving 3000 votes. Lo then received hisMaster of Laws (LL.M.) fromNational Chengchi University and worked as an assistant forChen Changwen atLee and Li. At the recommendation of Chen, Lo joinedMa Ying-jeou's team.
From 2015 to 2016, Lo was a visiting scholar atHarvard Law School.[4]
Prior to taking office as the presidential spokesperson, Lo served a spokesperson for the Ma-Siew campaign during the2008 Taiwanese presidential election and the deputy president of theCentral News Agency.
Lo was the deputy campaign manager forMa Ying-jeou andWu Den-yih during the2012 ROC Presidential election.[5]
Lo resigned from his position on 12 September 2013 due to the issues regarding the allegation of the Special Investigation Division of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office against a speaker engaging in influence peddling in a judicial case, as well as other personal and family reasons.[6]
In November of 2013, Lo was then awarded theOrder of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon by President Ma for his service in the administration.[7]
On 24 February 2018, Lo announced his candidacy for District 6 of theTaipei City Council, which includes bothDaan District andWenshan District. 25 people registered to stand for the election with 13 open seats. On 24 November 2018, as part of the2018 Taiwanese local elections, Lo won 40,391 votes, 13.69% of the total votes, becoming the highest vote-getter in the 13th Taipei City Council election, and received the highest number of votes in 20 years.[8]
On 26 November 2018, two days after winning his city council campaign, Lo became the first candidate to his intention to contest theKuomintang nomination for the2020 Taiwan presidential election throughFacebook.[9] He withdrew from the2019 Kuomintang presidential primary on 7 April 2019.[10]
In 2020, Lo assumed the unpaid voluntary post as the director of the KMT's party school and educational wing, the Institute of Revolutionary Practice Directorship, along with Taipei City Council Member Yu Shu-hui andTaichung City Council Member Huang Chien-hao as the institute's deputy directors. Lo announced the "Future Salon" series, discussions on current events with experts and three to five young audience members as guests. Former President Ma Ying-jeou and Chairman Jonny Chiang were the inaugural guests of the live stream.[11]
On 26 January 2020, after reaching 1 million fans on his Facebook Page, Lo fulfilled his earlier promise and announced candidacy for the 2022 Taipei Mayoral election.
Lo declared his candidacy for the Taoyuan mayoralty in April 2022, despite the Kuomintang's repeated requests that he delay his announcement.[12] Lo resigned from theTaipei City Council to focus on his mayoral campaign.[13] After a closed-door meeting of the party's Central Standing Committee later that month,Chang San-cheng was formally nominated, despite the interest of Lo and legislatorsLu Yu-ling [zh] andLu Ming-che.[14]
Lo is married to Huang Xui-Ling (Chinese: 黃雪玲) with two daughters.
Lo himself stated that he had twice postponed the declaration of his candidacy at the behest of the party -- once following a request from the party's Central Committee on March 27, and again after talking with Chu over the phone on April 1.
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Spokesperson of the Republic of China Presidential Office 2010–2011 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Kao Lang | Deputy Secretary General to the President of the Republic of China 2012–2013 | Succeeded by Hsiao Hsu-tsen |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Lin Huo-wang | Director of theKMTInstitute of Revolutionary Practice 2020–Present | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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