Hau Lung-pin MLY |
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郝龍斌 | |
Hau Lung-pin at Parade Festival of 2008 Taipei City New Year Countdown Party.
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Vice Chairperson of Kuomintang | |
Assumed office 18 May 2016 |
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Chairperson | Hung Hsiu-chu |
In office 30 April 2014 – 30 November 2014 |
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Chairperson | Ma Ying-jeou |
21st & 22nd Mayor of Taipei | |
In office 26 December 2006 – 25 December 2014 |
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Deputy |
Tim Ting Chen Hsiung-wen Chen Wei-zen Chang Chin-oh |
Preceded by | Ma Ying-jeou |
Succeeded by | Ko Wen-je |
Minister of Environmental Protection Administration of the Republic of China | |
In office 7 March 2001 – 6 October 2003 |
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Preceded by | Edgar Lin |
Succeeded by | Chang Juu-en |
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
In office 1 February 1996 – 7 March 2001 |
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Constituency | Taipei 1 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Taipei, Taiwan |
22 August 1952
Nationality | Republic of China |
Political party | Kuomintang |
Other political affiliations |
New Party (1990s–2006) |
Relations | Hau Pei-tsun (father) |
Alma mater |
National Taiwan University University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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Hau Lung-pin (Chinese: 郝龍斌; pinyin: Hǎo Lóngbīn; born August 22, 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. Elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995, he resigned his seat to lead the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001. Hau stepped down in 2003 and served as Mayor of Taipei from 2006 to 2014. He is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT) and has served as vice chairman of the party in 2014 and since 2016.
Hau Lung-pin is the son of former Premier and 4-star General (Chief of the General Staff, Army Commander-in-Chief), Hau Pei-tsun. He was born in Taiwan with ancestral roots in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. He attended the National Taiwan University and graduated in 1975 with a B.S. in Agricultural Chemistry. He then earned a PhD in Food Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in 1983.
When Hau returned to Taiwan after his doctoral studies, he taught as a professor (1983–88, Associate Professor; 1988–96, Professor) at the Graduate Institute of Food Science and Technology at National Taiwan University. As an educator, Hau won numerous awards including awards for excellence in teaching and in research.
Hau 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.