Twu Shiing-jer

Twu Shiing-jer
涂醒哲
Mayor of Chiayi City
Assumed office
25 December 2014
Deputy Hou Chong-wen[1]
Preceded by Huang Min-hui
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012
Constituency Republic of China
Minister of Department of Health
(acting until 31 December 2002)
In office
1 September 2002 – 18 May 2003
Preceded by Lee Ming-liang
Succeeded by Chen Chien-jen
Chief of Centers for Disease Control
In office
29 May 2000 – 30 June 2002
Preceded by Chang Hung-jen (張鴻仁) (acting)
Succeeded by Chiang Ying-lung (江英隆) (acting)
Personal details
Born (1951-06-17) 17 June 1951
Puzi, Chiayi County, Taiwan
Nationality Republic of China
Political party Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater National Taiwan University
University of California, Los Angeles
Twu Shiing-jer
Chinese 涂醒哲

Twu Shiing-jer (Chinese: 涂醒哲; pinyin: Tú Xǐngzhé; Wade–Giles: T'u2 Hsing3-che2) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of Department of Health from 2002 to 2003 and later served in the Legislative Yuan from 2008 to 2012. He is currently the Mayor of Chiayi City, having served since 25 December 2014.[2]

Education

Twu obtained his bachelor's degree in medicine and master's degree in public health from National Taiwan University. He then obtained his doctoral degree from University of California, Los Angeles in the United States.[3]

Health minister

Twu succeeded Lee Ming-liang as minister of the Department of Health on 1 September 2002 and resigned on 16 May 2003.[4][5]

Mayor of Chiayi City

2009 Chiayi City mayor election

Twu joined the 2009 Republic of China local elections for Chiayi City mayor position held on 5 December 2009. He eventually lost to Kuomintang candidate Huang Min-hui.[6]

2009 Chiayi City Mayoralty Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Huang Min-hui KMT69,962 52.20%
2Lin Sheng-fen (林聖芬)Independent2,801 2.09%
3Twu Shiing-jer DPP61,268 45.71%

2014 Chiayi City mayor election

Twu won a party primary held in March 2014, and was named the Democratic Progressive Party candidate for the Chiayi City mayoralty.[7] In September, Twu asked the voters to choose the best person, not the wealthiest, referring to politicians from Kuomintang which were mostly backed by their huge assets and government resources to work with business conglomerates run by wealthy families to control local political factions and influence election outcomes. He ran his campaign under the slogan Bold leadership, Chuluo, heading up for Taiwan (Chinese: 氣魄 諸羅 台灣頭).[8] Chiayi was a part of Chuluo County until 1787 when it was renamed.

Twu was elected as the Mayor of Chiayi City after winning the 2014 Chiayi City mayoralty election held on 29 November 2014.[9]

2014 Chiayi City Mayoralty Election Result
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chen Hsiu-li (陳秀麗)Independent633 0.44%
2Chen Tai-shan (陳泰山)Independent786 0.54%
3Chen Yi-chen (陳以真) KMT66,108 45.50%
4Twu Shiing-jer DPP74,698 51.41%
5Sheu Jia-ming (許文建)Independent330 0.23%
6Lin Shi-han (林詩涵)People Democratic Front2,747 1.89%

References

  1. ↑ "Deputy Mayor-Chiayi City Government".
  2. ↑ "Twu Shiing-jer claims victory in Chiayi mayoral election (update)".
  3. ↑ "The Legislative Yuan Republic of China".
  4. ↑ Ko, Shu-ling (31 August 2002). "Twu Shiing-jer takes over the health department's top job, but not the title". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Chang, Yun-ping (17 May 2003). "Yu accepts DOH chief's resignation". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Almost the status quo" (PDF). Taipei Times. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Wang, Chris (19 March 2014). "Former DPP legislator wins Chiayi primary". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Ting, Wei-chieh; Pan, Jason (8 September 2014). "INTERVIEW: Vote for best person, not the richest: Twu Shiing-jer". Taipei Times.
  9. ↑ Hsu, Stacy (30 November 2014). "2014 ELECTIONS: Shifting tides increase DPP offices in Central Taiwan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
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