Tsai Ping-kun (; born 1959) is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and education

Tsai was born in

Caotun Caotun Township, formerly transliterated as Tsaotun Township, is an urban township in the northwest of Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the largest township in Taiwan by population. History The area was historically known as ''Chháu-ê-tun'' () wit ...

Nantou County Nantou is the second largest County (Taiwan), county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya people, Hoanya Taiwanese aborigines, Taiwanese ...

, in 1959. He obtained his bachelor's degree from

National Dong Hwa University National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) is a national university, national research university located in Hualien County, Hualien, Taiwan. Established in 1994, NDHU offers sixth widest range of disciplines in Taiwan, including the sciences, engine ...

, and then earned a master's degree and a

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in education from

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subsequently reestablished in 1954 in Taiwan as the first reestablished "National University". The u ...

Career

Tsai was an independent politician before joining the

Taiwan People's Party The Taiwan People's Party (TPP) is a centre-left political party in Taiwan. It was formally established on 6 August 2019 by Ko Wen-je, who served as its first chairman. The party considers itself as an alternative third party to both the De ...

. He worked for the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

as a division chief and was deputy commissioner of the Taichung County Cultural Affairs Department. Tsai served as president of the National Taichung First Senior High School through 2007, becoming principal at

Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School (CKHS; ), also historically known as Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School, is a State school, public Secondary school, high school for boys located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The school was esta ...

in 2008. In 2010, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taichung, alongside Hsiao Chia-chi, and under

Jason Hu Hu Chih-chiang (; born 15 May 1948), also known by his English name Jason Hu, is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician. He served as the mayor of Taichung from 2001 to 2014, when the city was a Provincial city (Taiwan), provincial city (2001–2 ...

. Between 2015 and 2016, Tsai was deputy minister of culture. Tsai served as a mediator between the

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and student protestors who organized the

Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement The Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement was a Taiwanese student protest, against certain proposed senior high school curriculum changes. "Black box" is a reference to the students' concerns about the opaqueness of the proposed change. On 23 July 20 ...

in 2015. In March 2019, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taipei by

Ko Wen-je Ko Wen-je ( zh, c=柯文哲; born 6 August 1959), also known by his nickname, Ko P, is a Taiwanese politician and physician who served as the Mayor of Taipei, mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022. He founded the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) in 201 ...

. Tsai was hospitalized on 11 July 2022 at Taipei's Renai City Hospital after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke.

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* 1959 births Living people Deputy mayors of Taichung Deputy mayors of Taipei National Chengchi University alumni National Dong Hwa University alumni Heads of schools in Taiwan 21st-century Taiwanese educators 20th-century Taiwanese educators Government ministers of Taiwan Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Nantou County {{Taiwan-mayor-stub