Hsu Hung-chih

Hsu Hung-chih (Chinese: 徐鴻志; pinyin: Xú Hóngzhì; 4 January 1937 – 28 January 2018) was a Taiwanese politician.

Hsu Hung-chih
徐鴻志
Magistrate of Taoyuan County
In office
20 December 1981  20 December 1989
Preceded by
Succeeded byLiu Pang-yu
Personal details
Born(1937-01-04)4 January 1937
Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Died28 January 2018(2018-01-28) (aged 81)
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyKuomintang
Alma materSoochow University

He studied economics at Soochow University and became a teacher in Taichung. In 1967, Hsu was first elected to the Taoyuan County Council. He was reelected twice thereafter as a county council member. Hsu became county magistrate in 1981, due to the support of Hokkien-speaking voters in Taoyuan supportive of the Kuomintang. Upon the end of his second term, Hsu was succeeded by Liu Pang-yu, who took office backed by Hakka voters affiliated with the Kuomintang. Hsu died of lung cancer at the age of 81 on 28 January 2018.

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