Hsu Yao-chang

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Hsu Yao-chang
徐耀昌
徐委員耀昌 (第七屆).jpg
Magistrate of Miaoli County
Assumed office
25 December 2014
Preceded byLiu Cheng-hung
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2002 – 25 December 2014
Succeeded by (徐志榮)
ConstituencyMiaoli County (until 2008) →
Personal details
Born (1955-06-30) 30 June 1955 (age 66)
Toufen, Miaoli County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materChung Hua University

Hsu Yao-chang (Chinese: 徐耀昌; pinyin: Xú Yàochāng; Wade–Giles: Hsü2 Yao4-chʻang1; born 30 June 1955) is a Taiwanese politician. He represented Miaoli County in the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2014, when he was elected Magistrate of Miaoli County.

Education[]

Hsu graduated from the Chin-Min Institute of Technology and completed his master's degree in industrial and commercial management at Chung Hua University.[1][2]

Political career[]

Hsu served as a legislator from 2002 to 2014. He declared his candidacy for the Miaoli County magistracy on 8 January 2014 at Toufen Elementary School in Toufen Township, Miaoli County. He was accompanied by his wife and other officials. Toufen Township chief Hsu Ting-chen said that Hsu would be able to expedite the development of the county due to his abundant experience and knowledge of the area.[3]

Miaoli County Magistracy[]

2014 Miaoli County magistrate election[]

Hsu was elected as the Magistrate of Miaoli County on 29 November 2014, defeating Democratic Progressive Party candidate Wu Yi-chen.[4]

2014 Miaoli County Magistrate Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Hsu Yao-chang Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg KMT 147,547 46.59% Vote1.svg
2 (康世儒) Independent 60,356 19.06%
3 (江明修) Independent 14,978 4.73%
4 (陳淑芬) Independent 2,137 0.67%
5 (曾國良) Independent 1,807 0.57%
6 Wu Yi-chen Green Taiwan White Cross.svg DPP 89,838 28.37%

2016 Mainland China visit[]

In September 2016, Hsu with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited Beijing, which were Chiu Ching-chun (Magistrate of Hsinchu County), Liu Cheng-ying (Magistrate of Lienchiang County), (Deputy Mayor of New Taipei City), (Deputy Magistrate of Taitung County), Lin Ming-chen (Magistrate of Nantou County), Fu Kun-chi (Magistrate of Hualien County) and Wu Cherng-dean (Deputy Magistrate of Kinmen County). Their visit was aimed to reset and restart cross-strait relations after President Tsai Ing-wen took office on 20 May 2016. The eight local leaders reiterated their support of One-China policy under the 1992 consensus. They met with Taiwan Affairs Office Head Zhang Zhijun and Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng.[5][6][7]

2018 Miaoli County magistrate election[]

The Kuomintang endorsed Hsu for a second term as Miaoli County magistrate in December 2017.[8]

2018 Kuomintang Miaoli County magistrate primary results
Candidates Place Result
Hsu Yao-chang Nominated Walkover
2018 Miaoli County mayoral results
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Zhu Tai-ping (朱泰平) Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent 6,880 2.26%
2 Hsu Ting-zhen (徐定禎) Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent 112,704 37.03%
3 Huang Yu-yen (黃玉燕) Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent 9,030 2.97%
4 Hsu Yao-chang Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg Kuomintang 175,756 57.74% Vote1.svg
Total voters 　446,507
Valid votes 　304,370
Invalid votes 　
Voter turnout 　68.17%

References[]

  1. ^ "Hsu Yao-chang (8)". Legislative Yuan.
  2. ^ "Who's Who in the ROC" (PDF). Executive Yuan. p. 183. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. ^ "KMT's Hsu Yao-chang to run for Miaoli commissioner". Taipei Times.
  4. ^ "KMT holds onto Miaoli County leadership". Central News Agency.
  5. ^ "Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing".
  6. ^ "Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times".
  7. ^ "Kuomintang News Network". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24.
  8. ^ Chung, Jake (21 December 2017). "KMT names candidates in local elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

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