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Mayors Of Taipei
The mayor of Taipei is the head of the Taipei City Government and is elected to a four-year term. Until the election of Tsai Ing-wen, the office was seen as a stepping stone to the presidency: presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou have all held this position prior to being elected president. Taipei was elevated as a special municipality from 1967. The mayor was a position appointed by the central government from 1967 to 1994, and the first public election for Mayor of Taipei was held in 1994. The incumbent mayor is Chiang Wan-an. Titles of the Mayor List of Mayors Prefectural city era (appointed mayors) Provincial city era (appointed mayors) Provincial city era (directly elected mayors) Special municipality era (appointed mayors) Special municipality era (directly elected mayors) Timeline Electoral history Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994 Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998 Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002 Taipei Mayoral Election, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiang Wan-an
Chiang Wan-an ( Chinese: 蔣萬安; born Chang Wan-an; 26 December 1978), also known by his English name Wayne Chiang, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who has served as the mayor of Taipei since December 2022. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he is the youngest mayor in Taipei's history. Born to a prominent political family in Taipei, Chiang is the son of Chiang Hsiao-yen, who served as Chairman of the Kuomintang from 2008 to 2014. Because Chiang's father claims lineage to the prominent Chiang family, Chiang is believed to be a great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek, who ruled Taiwan after the Retreat of the Republic of China. Before entering politics, Chiang graduated from National Chengchi University, earned three law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and worked as a corporate lawyer in the United States. He represented Taipei City Constituency 3 as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2016 to 2022, then ran for the mayoralty, defeating Democratic Progress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan People's Party (2019)
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 (politics), third party to both the Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang. History Founding On 1 August 2019, Mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je announced a new political party. He said that the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) seeks to "become an alternative" to both the Pan-Green Coalition headed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Kuomintang (KMT)-influenced Pan-Blue Coalition. At a preliminary meeting on 6 August, Ko was elected chairman of the party. As required by the Ministry of the Interior, the Taiwan People's Party conducted its founding assembly at the National Taiwan University Hospital International Convention Center later that day. It was Ko's 60th birthday. Seventy-two of the 111 founding party members were in attendance. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Yang-kang
Lin Yang-kang ( ; 10 June 1927 – 13 April 2013) was a Taiwanese politician. He was born at Sun Moon Lake during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. Some thought he might be Chiang Ching-kuo's successor as head of the Kuomintang (KMT), but after failing to win the KMT's nomination for president in 1996, he became an independent. Lin rejoined the party in 2005, and died in 2013. Personal life Lin was born in Niitaka District, Taichū Prefecture (modern-day Nantou County), Taiwan, and graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Science degree. Lin was married to Chen Ho (陳閤) and had one son and three daughters. On 13 April 2013, Lin died at home in Taichung, of intestinal obstruction and organ failure, aged 85. Political career Lin began his political career in the 1960s. By 1990, he was a vice-chairman of the Kuomintang. Aligned with the "non-mainstream faction" that aimed to be less confrontational with the People's Republic of China than Lee Teng-hui, Lin tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Feng-hsu
Chang Feng-hsu (; 5 August 1928 – 1 June 2014) was a Taiwanese politician. Born in Pingtung County, he served on the Taiwan Provincial Council before becoming the Pingtung County Magistrate in 1964. He was elected Mayor of Taipei in 1972, but served concurrently as county magistrate until 1973. In 1976, Chang was appointed Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ..., and stepped down in 1978. He later served as chairman of the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee from 1987 to 1998. He died in 2014, aged 85, at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. References 1928 births 2014 deaths Magistrates of Pingtung County Mayors of Taipei Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Ministers of the interior of Taiwan {{Taiwan-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chou Pai-lien
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Chou may refer to: * CHOU (AM), a multicultural radio station (1450 AM) in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada, also known as Middle East Radio * Chou role, the clown role in Chinese opera * Chou, a fighter hero in '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' Chinese surnames * Zhou (surname), romanized as ''Chou¹'' in the Wade–Giles system for Mandarin Chinese, a surname among Han Chinese persons * Cao (surname), a Chinese surname romanized as "Chou" in some Minnan dialects See also * Choux pastry or pâte à choux, a light pastry dough used in many pastries * Zhou (other) * Cho (other) * Chūō (other) may refer to: Places *Chūō-ku (other), city wards named Chūō **Chūō, Tokyo, a special ward in Tokyo *Chūō, Yamanashi, a city in Yamanashi Prefecture *Chūō, Kumamoto, a former town in Kumamoto Prefecture *Chūō, Okayama, a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Chi-jui
Huang or Hwang may refer to: Location * Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City * Yellow River, or Huang River, in China * Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China * Huang (state), state in ancient China. * Hwang River, in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea People * Emperor of China, titled as Huángdì (皇帝) * Huang (surname) (黄 / 黃), Chinese surname with several Vietnamese variants * Hwang (surname) (黃), (皇), a common Korean family name Other uses * Huang (jade), a jade arc-shaped artifact that was used as a pendant * Fenghuang, mythological birds of East Asia * Huang, a character in the anime cartoon ''Darker than Black'' * Hwang Seong-gyeong, a character in the ''Soulcalibur'' video game series * Huang (Coca-Cola), a brand of Coca-Cola * Huang Harmonicas, a Chinese-based manufacturer of harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Kao
Henry Kao or Kao Yu-shu (; 3 September 1913 – 15 June 2005) was a Taiwanese politician. He served as Mayor of Taipei from 1954 to 1957 and again between 1964 and 1972, when he was named Minister of Transportation and Communications. Kao remained a public servant for the rest of his life, as minister without portfolio until 1989, then presidential adviser until his death. Education Kao studied engineering at Waseda University in Japan. In 1999, he was the 55th person and first Taiwanese to receive an honorary doctorate from Waseda University. Political career Kao won his first term as mayor of Taipei in 1954, with the support of the China Democratic Socialist Party. He ran again in 1957 and lost due to suspected voter fraud. Kao ended his 1960 bid for the Taipei mayoralty when the Kuomintang barred him from asking citizens to watch the polling areas in an attempt to combat electoral fraud. In 1963, the government agreed to hold fairer elections and allowed Kao to run. Though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kao Yu-Shu
Kao may refer to: Places * Kao, Indonesia, a town * Kao, Lesotho, a community council * Kao, Niger, a village and rural commune * Kao, Togo, a village * Kao (island), Tonga * Kao (crater), a lunar crater People * Gao (surname), sometimes romanized as Kao, including a list of Chinese people with the surname Kao * Kao Kim Hourn (born 1966), Cambodian government official and Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations * R. N. Kao (1918–2002), Indian spymaster, first chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing * King Kao of Zhou (died 426 BC), 31st king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty * Kaō (painter), Japanese painter Kaō Ninga () Acronym * Kuiper Airborne Observatory * Keith-Albee-Orpheum, abbreviated KAO or K-A-O, owners of an American chain of vaudeville and motion picture theatres * Communist Workers Organisation (Netherlands) (''Kommunistische Arbeidersorganisatie'') Other uses * Huaya, romanized as Kaō, stylized signa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Democratic Socialist Party
The China Democratic Socialist Party (CDSP; ) was a Chinese political party founded in Shanghai on 14 August 1946. It was formed through the merger of the former Chinese National Socialist Party () and the Democratic Constitutionalist Party (). The inaugural leader of the party was Carsun Chang. Along with the Kuomintang, the Young China Party and China Democratic League, it was one of the longest active political parties in both Nationalist China and in post-civil war rump Republic of China in Taiwan. Ideology The CDSP's platform was to promote democratic socialism in China, world peace, individual freedoms, economic development, a narrowing of the gap between rich and poor, and equal rights for women. The party also sought the implementation of a social welfare system for public health and social security. History Both the Socialists and the Democratic Constitutionalists had strong ties to Liang Qichao's defunct Progressive Party. The former were based in China a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hsiang Chang-chuan
Xiang or Hsiang may refer to: *Xiang (place), the site of Hong Xiuquan's destruction of a Chinese idol early in the Taiping Rebellion *Xiang (surname), three unrelated surnames: Chinese: 項 and Chinese: 向 (both ''Xiàng'') and Chinese: 相 (''Xiāng'') *Xiang Chinese, a group of Chinese varieties spoken in Hunan *Xiang Island (simplified Chinese: 响沙; traditional Chinese: 響沙; pinyin: Xiǎngshā), a former island in the Yangtze estuary now forming part of Chongming Island in Shanghai *Xiang River, river in South China *Hunan, abbreviated in Chinese as 湘 (''Xiāng''), a province of China *Xiang, capital of the Shang dynasty during the reign of He Dan Jia People with the name Xiang *Half-brother of legendary Chinese leader Emperor Shun *Xiang of Xia (3rd millennium BC), fifth ruler of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty *Duke Xiang of Song (died 637 BC), a ruler of Sòng in the Spring and Autumn period *Duke Xiang of Jin (died 621 BC), a ruler of Jin *King Xiang of Zhou (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu San-lien
Wu may refer to: Places * Wu (region) (), a region roughly corresponding to the territory of Wuyue ** Wu Chinese (), a subgroup of Chinese languages now spoken in the Wu region ** Wuyue culture (), a regional Chinese culture in the Wu region *Wu (state) (; ), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn period 771–476 BCE ** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital ** Wu County (), a former county in Suzhou * Eastern Wu () or Sun Wu (), one of the Three Kingdoms in 184/220–280 CE * Li Zitong (, died 622), who declared a brief Wu dynasty during the Sui–Tang interregnum in 619–620 CE * Wu (Ten Kingdoms) (), one of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period 907–960 CE * Wuyue (), another of the ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period 907–960 CE * Wu River (other), various rivers in China Language * Wu Chinese, a group of Sinitic languages that includes Shanghaiese People * Wu (surname) (or Woo) (吳), several different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
