Tsao Chi-hung

Tsao Chi-hung
曹啟鴻
Minister of Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 May 2016
Preceded by	Chen Chih-ching
Magistrate of Pingtung County
In office 20 December 2005 – 25 December 2014
Preceded by	Su Chia-chyuan Wu Ying-wen (acting)
Succeeded by	Pan Men-an
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 1999 – 31 January 2005
Constituency	Pingtung County
Member of the National Assembly
In office 1992–1994
Personal details
Born	1 March 1948 Linbian, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Alma mater	Chinese Culture University National Kaohsiung Normal University

Tsao Chi-hung (Chinese: 曹啟鴻; pinyin: Cáo Qǐhóng) is a Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician and Taiwan's Agriculture Minister. A veteran of the Taiwanese political scene, Tsao served two terms as the Magistrate of Pingtung County (2005–2014) and was twice elected to the Legislative Yuan (1998 and 2001).^[1][2]

Life before politics

Born in Linbian, Pingtung County, Tsao received his bachelor's degree from Chinese Culture University and his master's degree in education from National Kaohsiung Normal University. He worked as the Director of Academic Affairs at Linbian Junior High School from 1978 to 1994.

Political career

Tsao was first elected to political office in 1992 as a member of the National Assembly. In 1994 he was elected as a councillor in the Taiwan Provincial Council, at which point he left his career in education to become a full-time politician. In 1998 Tsao won a seat in the Legislative Yuan representing the Democratic Progressive Party; he was reelected in 2001. In 2004 the Pingtung County magistrate Su Chia-chyuan was appointed Minister of the Interior, leaving the way clear for Tsao to run for county magistrate in 2005. After winning the election in 2005 Tsao was reelected in 2009. He did not stand for reelection in 2014. ^[3]

After the DPP's landslide win in the 2016 9-in-1 elections, President Tsai Ing-wen appointed Tsao Agriculture Minister in her first cabinet.

References

1. "歡迎蒞臨屏東縣政府全球資訊網". Pthg.gov.tw. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
2. R.O.C.(Taiwan), - Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan,. "About Minister - Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.(Taiwan)".
3. "2013 Asia Pacific Cities Summit (APCS), Kaohsiung". 2013apcs.org. Retrieved 2014-04-29.