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Politician of Taiwan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Chiu Ching-chun | |
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邱鏡淳 | |
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| Magistrate of Hsinchu County | |
| In office 20 December 2009 – 25 December 2018 | |
| Deputy | Yang Wen-ke |
| Preceded by | Cheng Yung-chin |
| Succeeded by | Yang Wen-ke |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 1 February 1999 – 20 December 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Perng Shaw-jiin |
| Constituency | Hsinchu County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1949 Emei, Hsinchu County, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Education | Minghsin University of Science and Technology (BS) National Chiao Tung University (BA) Tamkang University (BA) Tunghai University (MA) University of St. Thomas (MA) |
Chiu obtained his bachelor's degree from Minghsin University of Science and Technology and earned additional bachelor's degrees from National Chiao Tung University and Tamkang University. He then received a Master of Arts in public administration from Tamkang University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas in the United States.[1]
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.
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 | ||||||
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| 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% | ||
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]
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