Taiwan Independence Party
| Abbreviation | TAIP |
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| Founded | 6 October 1996 |
| Dissolved | 29 April 2020[1] |
| Split from | Democratic Progressive Party[2] |
| Headquarters | 9F, No.15-8, Sec. 5, Nanjing E. Rd., Taipei |
| Ideology | Progressivism Anti-imperialism Taiwanese independence Anti-Chinese nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing[2] to far-left[3][4] |
| National affiliation | Pan-Green Coalition |
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| Traditional Chinese | 建國黨 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 建国党 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Nation-establishing Party | ||||||||||
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The Taiwan Independence Party (TAIP; Chinese: 建國黨; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kiàn-kok Tóng), also known as the Taiwan Nation Party, was a political party from 1996 to 2020 in Taiwan. It was usually associated with the Pan-Green Coalition and supported Taiwan independence.
History
Disappointed by the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) gradual moderation of its support of Taiwan independence, some DPP members, many connected to Peng Ming-min's "Nation Building Association", formed the Taiwan Independence Party in 1996. However, the party has failed to win large-scale support, due to the lack of organizational skills and internal disagreements.[5] It was largely displaced as Taiwan's ideological independence party by the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU). The Ministry of Interior removed its entry from the registry of parties on 29 April 2020.[1]
Election results
Legislative elections
| Election | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
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| 1998 | 1 / 113
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145,118 | 1.50% |  1 seat
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| 2016 | 0 / 113
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27,496 | 0.23% |  No seats
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Party leaders
- Chen-Yuan Lee (1996–1997)
- Koh Se-kai (1997–1998)
- Cheng Pang-chen (1998–2000)
- Boonky Ho (2000–2002)
- Huang Chien-ming (黃千明; 2002–2007)
- Wu Ching-hsiang (吴景祥; 2007–2016)
- Ku Wen-fa (2016–2020)
References
- ^ a b "政黨資訊網". party.moi.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- ^ a b Mei-ling T. Wang, Abol Hassan Danesh, ed. (1999). The Dust that Never Settles: The Taiwan Independence Campaign and U.S.-China Relations. University Press of America. p. 416.
The ultra left wing in the DPP also splintered into a new "Taiwan Independence Party."
- ^ W.Y. Tsao, ed. (1999). Free China Review, Volume 49, No. 2-9. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. p. 30.
the DPP's "mild left," and the Taiwan Independence Party's "far left" position that calls uncompromisingly for the establishing of a sovereign Taiwan republic.
- ^ W.Y. Tsao, ed. (2000). Journal of Chinese Political Science, No. 6-7. Department of Political Science. p. 18.
... spectrum, with the two small parties adhering to the far left (the Taiwanese Independence Party) and the far right (the New Party) respectively.
- ^ Copper, John F. (2007). Historical Dictionary of Taiwan (Republic of China). Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, No. 64. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 244–245. ISBN 9780810856004. OL 7997166M.
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