Chiu Ching-chun

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Chiu Ching-chun
邱鏡淳
Magistrate of Hsinchu County
In office
20 December 2009 – 25 December 2018
DeputyYang Wen-ke
Preceded byCheng Yung-chin
Succeeded byYang Wen-ke
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 20 December 2009
Succeeded byPerng Shaw-jiin
ConstituencyHsinchu County
Personal details
Born (1949-12-08) 8 December 1949 (age 74)
Emei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
EducationMaster's degree
Alma materMinghsin University of Science and Technology
University of St. Thomas

Chiu Ching-chun (traditional Chinese: 邱鏡淳; simplified Chinese: 邱镜淳; pinyin: Qiū Jìngchún; born 8 December 1949) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Hsinchu County since 20 December 2009 until 25 December 2018.

Education[edit]

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 United States.[1]

Hsinchu County magistracy[edit]

2009 county magistracy election[edit]

Chiu assumed the magistracy of Hsinchu County on 20 December 2009 after winning the 2009 magisterial election as the Kuomintang candidate on 5 December 2009.

2014 county magistracy election[edit]

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.[2][3]

2014 Hsinchu County Magistrate Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Yeh Fang-tung (葉芳棟) Independent 15,699 5.93%
2 Chiu Ching-chun KMT 124,309 46.94%
3 Cheng Yung-chin Independent  118,698 44.82%
4 Chuang Tso-bin (莊作兵) Independent 6,115 2.31%

2016 Mainland China visit[edit]

In September 2016, Chiu with another seven magistrates and mayors from Taiwan visited Beijing, which were Hsu Yao-chang (Magistrate of Miaoli County), Liu Cheng-ying (Magistrate of Lienchiang County), Yeh Hui-ching (Deputy Mayor of New Taipei City), Chen Chin-hu (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.[4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Introduction of hsin chu county chief". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  2. ^ "DPP draws flak for choice of candidate in Hsinchu". 5 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Polls open for 9-in-1 local government elections".
  4. ^ "Local gov't officials hold meeting with Beijing".
  5. ^ "Local government heads arrive in Beijing for talks - Taipei Times". 18 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Kuomintang News Network". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24.

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