Chang Fu-hsing

For the Taiwanese violinist and musicologist, see Chang Fu-hsing (musician). In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang (張).

Chang Fu-hsing (Chinese: 張福興; pinyin: Zhāng Fúxìng; 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.

Chang Fu-hsing
張福興
Magistrate of Hualien County
In office 20 December 2001 – 18 May 2003
Preceded by	Wang Ching-feng
Succeeded by	Fan Kuang-chun (acting) Hsieh Shen-shan
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 1999 – 20 December 2001
Constituency	Hualien County
Personal details
Born	(1942-07-21)21 July 1942 Karenkō Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Died	18 May 2003(2003-05-18) (aged 60) Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Political party	Kuomintang
Spouse	Liu Chao-a (劉詔娥)
Alma mater	Soochow University Kinki University
Occupation	Politician

Education

Chang attended schools in his native Hualien before earning a bachelor's degree in law from Soochow University. He then furthered his legal education at Kinki University in Japan.^[1]

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 local elections.^[2] He was a cofounder of the Taroko Gorge Marathon, which started in 2000.^[3]

Death and succession

Chang died of lung cancer on 18 May 2003 at Taipei Veterans General Hospital.^[4] He was married to Liu Chao-a (劉詔娥) until his death.^[5] Liu attempted to capture the Kuomintang nomination for her husband's position,^[6] but later mounted an independent election bid supported by the Democratic Progressive Party to succeed her husband in the early stages of a four-way race.^[7][8] She won neither party's endorsement and later dropped out of the race.^[9] Chang was succeeded by Hsieh Shen-shan, who won 73,710 votes in the by-election following Chang's death.^[10]

References

1. "Chang Fu-hsing (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
2. Chang, Yun-ping (2 August 2003). "Race to be commissioner going down to the wire". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
3. Quartly, Jake (23 November 2002). "Taroko's marathon still the world's only run in a gorge". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
4. "County Commissioner dies". Taipei Times. 19 May 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
5. Lin, Chieh-yu (17 June 2003). "Hualien election race heats up". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
6. "Top KMT official avoids Hualien County election". Taipei Times. 6 June 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
7. Huang, Sandy (1 August 2003). "Candidates seek support of Chang Fu-hsing 's widow". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
8. "Hualien race off to start". Taipei Times. 23 June 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
9. Chang, Yun-ping (2 August 2003). "Pan-green camp winds up campaign". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
10. Huang, Sandy (3 August 2003). "Cooperation credited with giving Hsieh win". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.