Yang Chiu-hsing

Yang Chiu-hsing
楊秋興
Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan
In office 6 February 2012[1] – 2004
Magistrate of Kaohsiung County
In office 20 December 2001 – 25 December 2010
Preceded by	Yu Cheng-hsien
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	15 May 1956 (age 60) Yanchao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang (1975-1976) Democratic Progressive Party (1987-2010) Independent (2010-2013) Kuomintang (2013-)
Alma mater	National Taiwan University

Yang Chiu-hsing (Chinese: 楊秋興; pinyin: Yáng Qiūxìng) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the former Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan and Magistrate of Kaohsiung County.^[2][3]

Kaohsiung County Magistracy

Yang was elected as the Magistrate of Kaohsiung County after winning the 2001 Republic of China local election under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on 1 December 2011 and took office on 20 December 2011. He was reelected for the second term of magistrate after winning the 2005 Republic of China local election under DPP on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005.

2010 Kaohsiung Mayoralty election

On 27 November 2010, Magistrate Yang joined Kaohsiung City Mayoralty election as independent candidate. However, he lost to incumbent Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chu of DPP.

Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	1	Yang Chiu-hsing	414,950	26.68%
	Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)	2	Huang Chao-shun	319,171	20.52%
	Democratic Progressive Party	3	Chen Chu	821,089	52.80%
Total				1,555,210	100.00%
Voter turnout				72.52%

2014 Kaohsiung Mayoral election

Yang's mayoral campaign banner at KMT Kaohsiung headquarter office

On 29 November 2014, Yang joined Kaohsiung City mayoralty election as Kuomintang candidate for Mayor of Kaohsiung position, going against his rival incumbent Mayor Chen Chu of DPP.^[4] He however lost to Chen.

2014 Kaohsiung City Mayoralty Election Result
No.	Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
1	Chou Ko-sheng (周可盛)	Independent	14,925	1.02%
2	Chen Chu	DPP	993,300	68.09%
3	Yang Chiu-hsing	KMT	450,647	30.89%

References

1. "Cabinet reshuffle sees 16 new names". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
2. "Taiwan Today - Mayoral candidates go head-to-head in Kaohsiung". taiwantoday.tw. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
3. "KMT selects Yang Chiu-hsing to run in Greater Kaohsiung - Taipei Times".
4. "2014 ELECTIONS: President Ma goes on last tour for KMT candidates - Taipei Times".