Yao Wen-chih (; born 4 December 1965), also known by the appropriated 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.
Political career Yao, a former journalist, was named the minister of the Government Information Office in March 2005. By 2006, he had stepped down.
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, but lost to independent candidate Ko Wen-je in an opinion poll held the next month. The Democratic Progressive Party chose to back Ko's independent bid for the office, and he defeated Kuomintang candidate Sean Lien.
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.
2016 Republic of China Legislative Election ResultNo. Candidate Party Votes Percentage 1Wang Ming-tzong (王銘宗)Independent1,3420.74%2Chen Min-chien (陳民乾)Taiwan Independence Party8650.48%3Wu Chun-te (吳俊德)Faith and Hope League3,5501.96%4Lin Xing-rong (林幸蓉)1,5610.86%5Wynn Pan (潘懷宗)New Party65,96736.43%6Pasuya YaoDPP107,36659.29%7Chen Jian-bin (陳建斌)Free Taiwan Party4330.24%
Yao announced that he would contest the Taipei mayoralty for the second time in July 2017. He resigned from the legislature in November 2018 to focus on his mayoral campaign.
2018 Taipei City mayoral election
2018 Taipei City mayoral results No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage 1 Wu Er-yang (吳蕚洋) Independent 5,6170.40% 2 Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) Kuomintang577,56640.82% 3 Pasuya YaoDemocratic Progressive Party244,64117.29% 4 Ko Wen-je Independent 580,82041.05% 5 Lee Si-kuen (李錫錕) Independent6,1720.44% 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. Yao's film production company released the crowdfunded film Untold Herstory in 2022, on which Yao was credited as producer.
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