Yang Chiu-hsing

Yang Chiu-hsing (Chinese: 楊秋興; pinyin: Yáng Qiūxìng; born 15 May 1956) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a Minister without Portfolio in the Executive Yuan and Magistrate of Kaohsiung County.[2][3]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Chiu-hsing
楊秋興
Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan
In office
6 February 2012[1] – 2014
Magistrate of Kaohsiung County
In office
20 December 2001 – 25 December 2010
Preceded byYu Cheng-hsien
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Chen Chu as Mayor of Kaohsiung
Personal details
Born (1956-05-15) 15 May 1956
Yanchao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nationality Taiwan (Republic of China)
Political partyIndependent (2010–2013; since 2019)
Other political
affiliations		Kuomintang (1975–1976; 2013–2019)
Democratic Progressive Party (1987–2010)
Alma materNational Taiwan University

Kaohsiung County Magistracy

Yang was elected as the Magistrate of Kaohsiung County after winning the 2001 Kaohsiung magisterial election as a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate on 1 December 2001 and took office on 20 December 2001. He was reelected for ta second magisterial term after winning the 2005 Kaohsiung magisterial election under DPP on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005.

2010 Kaohsiung Mayoralty election

On 27 November 2010, Yang joined Kaohsiung City Mayoralty election as independent candidate. However, he lost to incumbent Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chu, the Democratic Progressive Party candidate.

Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Independent 1 Yang Chiu-hsing 414,950 26.68%
Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) 2 Huang Chao-shun 319,171 20.52%
Democratic Progressive Party 3 Chen Chu 821,089 52.80%
Total 1,555,210 100.00%
Voter turnout 72.52%

2014 Kaohsiung Mayoral election
Yang's mayoral campaign banner at KMT Kaohsiung headquarter office

On 29 November 2014, Yang joined Kaohsiung City mayoralty election as Kuomintang candidate for Mayor of Kaohsiung position, going against his rival incumbent Mayor Chen Chu of DPP.[4] He however lost to Chen.

2014 Kaohsiung City Mayoralty Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chou Ko-sheng (周可盛)Independent14,925 1.02%
2Chen Chu DPP993,300 68.09%
3Yang Chiu-hsing KMT450,647 30.89%

References
  1. "Cabinet reshuffle sees 16 new names". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  2. "Taiwan Today - Mayoral candidates go head-to-head in Kaohsiung". taiwantoday.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  3. "KMT selects Yang Chiu-hsing to run in Greater Kaohsiung - Taipei Times".
  4. "2014 ELECTIONS: President Ma goes on last tour for KMT candidates - Taipei Times".


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