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Chang Fu-hsing

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Chang Fu-hsing
張福興
Magistrate of Hualien County
In office
20 December 2001 – 18 May 2003
Preceded byWang Ching-feng
Succeeded byFan Kuang-chun (acting)
Hsieh Shen-shan
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1999 – 20 December 2001
ConstituencyHualien County
Personal details
Born(1942-07-21)21 July 1942
Karenkō Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
Died18 May 2003(2003-05-18) (aged 60)
Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyKuomintang
SpouseLiu Chao-a (劉詔娥)
Alma materSoochow University
Kinki University
OccupationPolitician

Chang Fu-hsing (Chinese: 張福興; pinyin: Zhāng Fúxìng; 21 July 1942 – 18 May 2003) was a Taiwanese politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2001 and as Hualien County magistrate from 2001 until his death in 2003.

Education

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Chang attended schools in his native Hualien before earning a bachelor's degree in law from Soochow University. He then furthered his legal education at Kinki University in Japan.[1]

Political career

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Chang served in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2001 when he was elected Hualien County magistrate with 59,591 votes in the local elections.[2] He was a cofounder of the Taroko Gorge Marathon, which started in 2000.[3]

Death and succession

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Chang died of lung cancer on 18 May 2003 at Taipei Veterans General Hospital.[4] He was married to Liu Chao-a (劉詔娥) until his death.[5] Liu attempted to capture the Kuomintang nomination for her husband's position,[6] but later mounted an independent election bid supported by the Democratic Progressive Party to succeed her husband in the early stages of a four-way race.[7][8] She won neither party's endorsement and later dropped out of the race.[9] Chang was succeeded by Hsieh Shen-shan, who won 73,710 votes in the by-election following Chang's death.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Chang Fu-hsing (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ Chang, Yun-ping (2 August 2003). "Race to be commissioner going down to the wire". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. ^ Quartly, Jake (23 November 2002). "Taroko's marathon still the world's only run in a gorge". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. ^ "County Commissioner dies". Taipei Times. 19 May 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  5. ^ Lin, Chieh-yu (17 June 2003). "Hualien election race heats up". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Top KMT official avoids Hualien County election". Taipei Times. 6 June 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  7. ^ Huang, Sandy (1 August 2003). "Candidates seek support of Chang Fu-hsing 's widow". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Hualien race off to start". Taipei Times. 23 June 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  9. ^ Chang, Yun-ping (2 August 2003). "Pan-green camp winds up campaign". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  10. ^ Huang, Sandy (3 August 2003). "Cooperation credited with giving Hsieh win". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 February 2016.