Su Huan-chih

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Su Huan-chih (Template:Zh; born July 20, 1956) is a Taiwanese politician who was the magistrate of Tainan County from 2001 to 2010, until Tainan County's merger into Tainan City. Born in a rural township in southern Taiwan, Su graduated from National Taiwan University. He passed the bar examination in 1986 and started his career as a lawyer.[1]

Su made his entry into politics in the 1990s. He was elected legislator three times in a row serving from 1992 to 2001. As an experienced legislator, Su launched a magisterial campaign in 2001 and was elected with over 51% of the votes, becoming the second member of the Democratic Progressive Party to ever hold the position.[2]

Early life and career

Su Huan-chih was born on July 20, 1956 in Cigu, Tainan County. He grew up in the agriculture-based township during his childhood years.[1]

Su began studying at the prestigious National Taiwan University, majoring in physics. He decided to drop out and switched his major to law in 1977.[1] After passing the bar examination, Su started his career as a practicing lawyer. With his academic experience in physics, he was hired by IBM Taiwan to serve as its patent attorney.[1]

Su gave up his job at IBM and went back to his hometown to run for legislator. He was elected a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1992. He promoted the senior welfare and environmental protection. Having been elected three times in a row, Su worked to decrease the difference in resource distribution between northern and southern Taiwan.[1]

Tainan magistracy

Su was elected the magistrate of Tainan County and took office on December 20, 2001.[3] He focused on preserving the environment of the region. For example, he worked with international ecologists and planned to build a research center near the habitat of black-faced spoonbills with a goal to preserve these endangered birds.[4]

The Su administration also improved the technological economy of the region. The net worth of the Tainan Science Park grew from NT$50.1 billion in 2001 to NT$451.6 billion in 2006. Apart from the growth in profit, many new industrial parks were established. As a result, Tainan County transformed from an agrarian county to a technological county.[1]

Despite the technological innovations, Su also promoted agriculture of southern Taiwan. The Taiwan Orchid Plantation (Template:Zh) was founded during his term. The plantation has held three international exhibitions since its establishment. The exhibitions attracted more than 600 thousand visitors gaining NT$400 million from export orders.[1]

Later political career

In March 2018, Su began his independent campaign for the Taipei mayoralty.[5][6] He ended his Taipei mayoral bid in July, choosing to contest the same office in Tainan.[7]

2018 Tainan City mayoral results[8]
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Huang Wei-cher Democratic Progressive Party 367,518 38.02% File:Elected candidate symbol (voting stamp, Taiwan).svg
2 Kao Su-po File:Emblem of the Kuomintang.svg Kuomintang 312,874 32.37%
3 Lin Yi-feng (林義豐) File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent 84,153 8.71%
4 Hsu Chun-hsin (許忠信) File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent 45,168 4.67%
5 Chen Yong-he (陳永和) File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent 117,179 12.12%
6 Su Huan-chih File:Independent candidate icon (TW).svg Independent 39,778 4.11%
Total voters 　1,546,862
Valid votes 　966,670
Invalid votes 　
Voter turnout 　62.49%

On 24 August 2019, Su founded the Template:Ill and was elected its convenor.[9] During the 2022 local election cycle, Su contested the Taipei mayoralty.[10]

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