Chang Fu-hsing (; 21 July 1942 – 18 May 2003) was a Taiwanese politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2001 and as Hualien County magistrate from 2001 until his death in 2003.

Education

Chang attended schools in his native Hualien before earning a bachelor's degree in law from

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. He then furthered his legal education at

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in Japan.

Political career

Chang served in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2001 when he was elected Hualien County magistrate with 59,591 votes in the

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. He was a cofounder of the Taroko Gorge Marathon, which started in 2000.

Death and succession

Chang died of lung cancer on 18 May 2003 at

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. He was married to Liu Chao-a (劉詔娥) until his death. Liu attempted to capture the Kuomintang nomination for her husband's position, but later mounted an independent election bid supported by the

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to succeed her husband in the early stages of a four-way race. She won neither party's endorsement and later dropped out of the race. Chang was succeeded by

Hsieh Shen-shan Hsieh Shen-shan (; born 10 February 1939) is a Taiwanese politician. Political career Hsieh served in the Legislative Yuan from 1973 to 1990 as a representative of laborers, then remained in the legislature until 1994, representing Hualien Coun ...

, who won 73,710 votes in the by-election following Chang's death.

References

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