Jason Hu
| Jason Hu Hu Chih-chiang |
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| 胡志強 | |
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| Vice Chairperson of Kuomintang | |
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Assumed office 18 May 2016 |
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| Chairperson | Hung Hsiu-chu |
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In office 30 April 2014 – 19 January 2015 |
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| Chairperson | Ma Ying-jeou |
| 1st Mayor of Taichung | |
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In office 25 December 2010 – 25 December 2014 |
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| Deputy | Tsai Ping-kun |
| Preceded by | Jason Hu as Mayor of Taichung (Municipal city) |
| Succeeded by | Lin Chia-lung |
| 14th & 15th Mayor of Taichung | |
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In office 20 December 2001 – 25 December 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Chang Wen-ing |
| Succeeded by | Jason Hu as Mayor of Taichung (Special municipality) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China | |
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In office 20 October 1997 – 30 November 1999 |
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| Preceded by | John Chiang |
| Succeeded by | Chen Chien-jen |
| Minister of the Government Information Office | |
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In office September 1991 – 10 June 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Shao Yu-ming |
| Succeeded by | Su Chi |
| Personal details | |
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15 May 1948 Peiping, Republic of China |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Spouse(s) | Shirley Shaw |
| Children | 2; including Ting-Ting Hu |
| Alma mater |
National Chengchi University University of Southampton University of Oxford |
Jason Hu or Hu Chih-chiang (traditional Chinese: 胡志強; simplified Chinese: 胡志强; pinyin: Hú Zhìqiáng; Wade–Giles: Hú Chìh-chiáng; born 1948) is a politician of the Taiwan. He was the mayor of Taichung as provincial city in 2001-2010 and as special municipality in 2010-2014. He is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), and has been the Vice Chairman of the party since April 2014.
Hu was born in Beijing (then known as Peiping) in Mainland China on 15 May 1948, and was a war refugee to Taiwan as a young child when the Chinese Nationalists lost their civil war with the Communists in 1949.
After graduating from Taichung Municipal First High School, then known as Chu-jen (居仁, Hanyu Pinyin: Juren) High School, Jason Hu attended National Chengchi University where he studied in the Diplomatic Studies Department, graduating in 1970. He attended the University of South Carolina from 1971–73 and pursued a master's degree in international studies but had to withdraw due to his father's ailing health. He later studied in the United Kingdom, first to the University of Southampton, where he studied International Relations, then to Balliol College, University of Oxford, where he received his PhD in International Relations in 1984.
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