Twu Shiing-jer

Twu Shiing-jer (Chinese: 涂醒哲; pinyin: Tú Xǐngzhé; Wade–Giles: T'u² Hsing³-che²; born 17 June 1951) 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 was the Mayor of Chiayi City since 25 December 2014 until 25 December 2018.[2]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Twu.

Twu Shiing-jer
涂醒哲
Mayor of Chiayi City
In office 25 December 2014 – 25 December 2018
Deputy	Hou Chong-wen[1]
Preceded by	Huang Min-hui
Succeeded by	Huang Min-hui
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012
Constituency	Taiwan (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	Taiwan (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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tú Xǐngzhé Bopomofo ㄊㄨˊ　ㄒㄧㄥˇㄓㄜˊ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Twu Shiing-jer Wade–Giles T'u^2 Hsing^3-che^2 Tongyong Pinyin Tú Sǐngjhé MPS2 Tú Shǐng-jé

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
1	Huang Min-hui	KMT	69,962	52.20%
2	Lin Sheng-fen (林聖芬)	Independent	2,801	2.09%
3	Twu Shiing-jer	DPP	61,268	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 (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
1	Chen Hsiu-li (陳秀麗)	Independent	633	0.44%
2	Chen Tai-shan (陳泰山)	Independent	786	0.54%
3	Chen Yi-chen (陳以真)	KMT	66,108	45.50%
4	Twu Shiing-jer	DPP	74,698	51.41%
5	Sheu Jia-ming (許文建)	Independent	330	0.23%
6	Lin Shi-han (林詩涵)	People Democratic Front	2,747	1.89%

2018 Chiayi City mayor election

2018 Democratic Progressive Party Chiayi City mayoral primary results
Candidates	Place	Result
Twu Shiing-jer	Nominated	Walkover

2018 Chiayi City mayoral results
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Hsiao Shui-li	Independent	25,572	17.98%
2	Huang Min-hui	Kuomintang	58,558	41.18%
3	Huang Hung Chen Taiwan Ah Chen World Great Person Rich President (黃宏成台灣阿成 世界偉人財神總統)	Independent	1,822	1.28%
4	Twu Shiing-jer	Democratic Progressive Party	56,256	39.56%
Total voters			212,843
Valid votes			142,208
Invalid votes
Voter turnout			66.81%

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.

External links

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