Deputy Hou Chong-wen Name Twu Shiing-jer Children Charlene Twu Nationality Republic of China Succeeded by Chen Chien-jen | Preceded by Lee Ming-liang (李明亮) Spouse Cheng Yu-Juen (m. 1984) Preceded by Huang Min-hui Role Politician | |
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Preceded by Chang Hung-jen (張鴻仁) (acting) Born 17 June 1951 (age 72)
Puzi, Chiayi County, Taiwan ( 1951-06-17 ) Political party Democratic Progressive Party Party Democratic Progressive Party Education University of California, Los Angeles (1993) Parents Twu-Hour Tsae-er, Twu Biing-rong Profiles | ||
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.
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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.
Health minister
Twu succeeded Lee Ming-liang as minister of the Department of Health on 1 September 2002 and resigned on 16 May 2003.
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.
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. 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). 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.