Hau Lung-pin (Chinese: 郝龍斌; pinyin: Hǎo Lóngbīn; born on August 22, 1952 in Taiwan with ancestral roots in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China) is a politician in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and is the current Mayor of Taipei. Hau is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Biography
Hau, the son of former premier, General Hau Pei-tsun, left the Kuomintang in the early 1990s to join the New Party. He was elected as a legislator in 1995, and served until his appointment as chief of the central government's Environmental Protection Administration in 2001 under President Chen Shui-bian. He resigned from that position in 2003.
He was secretary-general of the Red Cross in Taiwan and rejoined the Kuomintang in January 2006.[1]
On May 27, 2006, Hau was selected as the KMT's candidate for the Taipei mayoral election, winning 60% of the primary vote. He was subsequently elected Mayor of Taipei in the Republic of China municipal elections, 2006, defeating DPP candidate and former premier Frank Hsieh with 53.81% of the popular vote.[2]
Electoral History
Taipei Mayoral Election 2007
References
- ^ Taipei Times report
- ^ Central Election Committee
- ^ Despite Chou's expulsion from the Taiwan Solidarity Union on November 9, 2006, the Taiwan Solidarity Union cannot withdraw their recommendation for Chou under Republic of China's Public Officials Election and Recall Law. She would still contest the elections as a TSU candidate. (ETtoday Report)
- ^ James Soong is Chairman of the People's First Party at the time of the elections, but entered the elections as an independent.
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