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People First Party
 In the 2000 presidential election, former Provincial Governor James Soong
宋楚瑜, running as an independent after failing to become the Kuomintang's candidate, lost by less than three percentage points to the DPP's Chen Shui-bian. In fact, Soong's vote far exceeded that received by KMT candidate Lien Chan.
Immediately after the election, Soong's supporters called on him to form a new party. Eventually, the People First Party
親民黨 was formed, attracting many KMT and New Party lawmakers. It is now the third-largest party, after the KMT and the DPP, in the Legislative Yuan.
According to the party charter, the highest policy-making body is the PFP's National Council
全國委員會, which consists of current or former officeholders in the executive or legislative branches of the government (at either national or local levels), current or former party officials, and representatives from different sectors of society. This council elects a central executive committee with 21 members and seven alternate members for two-year terms. Every two years, all party members directly elect the party chairman.
James Soong was elected the first PFP chairman. He appointed former KMT Deputy Secretary-General David J.C. Chung
鍾榮吉 as secretary-general of the new party.
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