Jaw Shaw-kong

Jaw Shaw-kong
Jaw Shaw-kong
趙少康
	Jaw in 2023
Member of the Legislative Yuan
	In office; 1 February 1993 – 6 December 1994
Constituency	Taipei County
	In office; 1 February 1987 – 31 May 1991
Constituency	Taipei 1
Convenor of the New Party National Committee
	In office; 10 August 1993 – 2 May 1994
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Yok Mu-ming
Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration
	In office; 1 June 1991 – 15 November 1992
Premier	Hau Pei-tsun
Preceded by	Eugene Chien
Succeeded by	Larry Chen (acting)
Member of the Taipei City Council
	In office; 25 December 1982 – 31 January 1986
Constituency	2nd district
Personal details
Born	6 May 1950 (age 74); Keelung, Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang (1968–1994, 2021–present); New Party (1993–2002)
Spouse	Liang Lei
Education	National Taiwan University (BS); Clemson University (MS)
Occupation	Politician; television presenter; radio personality; media entrepreuner; political pundit;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	趙少康
Simplified Chinese	赵少康
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Shǎokāng
Bopomofo	ㄓㄠˋ ㄕㄠˇ ㄎㄤ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Jaw Shawkang
Wade–Giles	Chao4 Shao3-k'ang1
Tongyong Pinyin	Jhào Shǎokang
IPA	[ʈʂâʊ ʂàʊ.kʰáŋ]

Jaw Shaw-kong (Chinese: 趙少康; pinyin: Zhào Shǎokāng; born 6 May 1950) is a Taiwanese politician, media personality and entrepreuner.

Jaw served a single term on the Taipei City Council before being elected to the Legislative Yuan from 1987 to 1991 and 1993 to 1994. In 1993, he co-founded the pro-unification New Party, which he briefly led until 1994. Between Legislative Yuan stints, Jaw led the Environmental Protection Administration. He was the vice presidential candidate of the Kuomintang (KMT) in the 2024 Taiwanese presidential election.