Twu Shiing-jer
| Twu Shiing-jer | |
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| 涂醒哲 | |
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| Mayor of Chiayi City | |
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Assumed office 25 December 2014 |
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| Deputy | Hou Chong-wen |
| Preceded by | Huang Min-hui |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
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In office 1 February 2008 – 31 January 2012 |
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| Constituency | Republic of China |
| Minister of Department of Health (acting until 31 December 2002) |
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In office 1 September 2002 – 18 May 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Ming-liang |
| Succeeded by | Chen Chien-jen |
| Chief of Centers for Disease Control | |
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In office 29 May 2000 – 30 June 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Chang Hung-jen (張鴻仁) (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Chiang Ying-lung (江英隆) (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 June 1951 Puzi, Chiayi County, Taiwan |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Alma mater |
National Taiwan University University of California, Los Angeles |
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| Chinese | 涂醒哲 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tú Xǐngzhé |
| Bopomofo | ㄊㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˇㄓㄜˊ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Twu Shiing-jer |
| Wade–Giles | T'u2 Hsing3-che2 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Tú Sǐngjhé |
| MPS2 | Tú Shǐng-jé |
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.
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.
Twu succeeded Lee Ming-liang as minister of the Department of Health on 1 September 2002 and resigned on 16 May 2003.
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.
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.
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