Chiu Ching-chun (; born 8 December 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of

Hsinchu County Hsinchu County ( Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county capital, wh ...

since 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2018.

Education

Chiu obtained his bachelor's degree from Minghsin University of Science and Technology and master's degree in business administration from University of St. Thomas in the

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Hsinchu County magistracy

2009 county magistracy election

Chiu assumed the magistracy of Hsinchu County on 20 December 2009 after winning the 2009 magisterial election as the

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candidate on 5 December 2009.

2014 county magistracy election

In 2014, Chiu ran for reelection. He faced independent candidate Cheng Yung-chin, who had served as magistrate from 2001 to 2009. Chiu won the election.

2016 Mainland China visit

In September 2016, Chiu with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited

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, which were Hsu Yao-chang (Magistrate of Miaoli County), Liu Cheng-ying (Magistrate of Lienchiang County), Yeh Hui-ching (Deputy Mayor of

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), Chen Chin-hu (Deputy Magistrate of

Taitung County Taitung County (; Mandarin pinyin: ''Táidōng Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tâi-tang-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Thòi-tûng-yen''; Paiwan: ''Valangaw'';lit:Eastern part of Taiwan) is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island' ...

), Lin Ming-chen (Magistrate of

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest 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 fro ...

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(Magistrate of

Hualien County Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan ...

) and Wu Cherng-dean (Deputy Magistrate of Kinmen County). Their visit was aimed to reset and restart cross-strait relations after President

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took office on 20 May 2016. The eight local leaders reiterated their support of

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under the 1992 consensus. They met with

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Head

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and

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of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng.

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* 1949 births Living people Magistrates of Hsinchu County Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan Members of the 6th Legislative Yuan Hsinchu County Members of the Legislative Yuan Taiwanese politicians of Hakka descent {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub