Fan Chen-tsung

Fan Chen-tsung
MLY
范振宗
Minister of the Council of Agriculture
In office
1 February 2002 – 2 December 2002
Preceded byChen Hsi-huang
Succeeded byLee Chin-lung
Speaker of Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council
In office
21 December 2001 – 13 January 2002
Preceded byPeng Tien-fu
Succeeded byYu Lin-ya
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
26 January 1998 – 31 January 1999
Preceded byLin Kuang-hua
ConstituencyHsinchu County
Hsinchu County Magistrate
In office
20 December 1989 – 20 December 1997
Preceded byChen Chin-hsing
Succeeded byLin Kuang-hua
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1987–1990
Member of the Hsinchu County Council
In office
1978–1986
Personal details
Born (1942-11-20) 20 November 1942 (age 81)
Koguchi, Shinchiku, Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan)
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (1989–2009)
Alma materNational Taiwan Ocean University

Fan Chen-tsung (Chinese: 范振宗; pinyin: Fàn Zhènzōng; Wade–Giles: Fan4 Chên4-tsung1; born 20 November 1942) is a Taiwanese politician.

Fan graduated from National Taiwan Ocean University.[1]

From 1978 to 1986, he was a member of the Hsinchu County Council.[1] In his second term as county councillor, Fan became the body's deputy speaker.[2] In 1986, Fan was elected to the National Assembly and served until 1990.[1] He ran for the magistracy of Hsinchu County as an independent in 1989, and joined the Democratic Progressive Party shortly after winning the office.[3][4] In 1993, Fan won a second term. He was succeeded as magistrate by Lin Kuang-hua. Fan was subsequently appointed to Lin's vacant seat on the Legislative Yuan, taking office on 26 January 1998.[5] Fan was elected speaker of the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council, and left that position to assume leadership of the Council of Agriculture in 2002.[1] He resigned on 24 November,[6] as farmers and fishermen's collectives protested attempts to reform credit unions related to those industries.[7][8][9] Premier Yu Shyi-kun accepted Fan's resignation two days later,[10] and Fan officially left office on 2 December.[11]

In July 2009, Fan and Hsu Jung-shu were invited to the Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum.[12] Though the Democratic Progressive Party advised both not to go,[13] both made the trip, resulting in the suspension of Fan and Hsu's party membership.[14][15] Before he could be formally expelled, Fan withdrew from the DPP.[16][17] In 2010, Fan again visited China with a group of Pan-Blue politicians.[18] Later that year, Fan resigned his post as adviser to President Ma Ying-jeou after the Hsinchu District Court convicted Fan on corruption charges dating back to Fan's tenure as Hsinchu County Magistrate.[19]

  1. ^ a b c d Chiu, Yu-Tzu (24 January 2002). "Newsmakers: Council of Agriculture head promises harmony". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Fan Chen-tsung (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. ^ "The opposition makes major gains" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué (43): 2. January 1990. ISSN 1027-3999. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ^ Loa, Iok-sin (21 January 2016). "ANALYSIS: Ethnicity not an important factor in elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Fan Chen-tsung (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. ^ "KMT lawmakers urge premier to get down to business". Taipei Times. 26 November 2002. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. ^ Ko, Shu-Ling (3 December 2002). "Former agriculture chief hits back at his old bosses". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  8. ^ "A turbulent year". Taipei Times. 31 December 2002. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. ^ Tsai, Ting-i (1 December 2002). "Newsmakers: Agriculture bureaucrat Lee Chin-lung to make use of connections to farmers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Taiwan Appoints 2 New Cabinet Ministers". Edwardsville Intelligencer. 26 November 2002. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  11. ^ Lin, Mei-Chun (3 December 2002). "Big guns to campaign for DPP candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  12. ^ Chang, Rich; Mo, Yan-chih (9 July 2009). "DPP bars party members from forum in China". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  13. ^ Ko, Shu-ling (23 July 2009). "Lu warns on close KMT-CCP ties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  14. ^ Lu, Meggie (13 July 2009). "DPP members face censure for going to forum". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  15. ^ Hsu, Jenny W. (24 July 2009). "DPP punishes pair over forum". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  16. ^ Hsu, Jenny W. (25 July 2009). "DPP mulls expelling members". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  17. ^ "DPP kicks out Cross-Strait Forum recalcitrants". Taiwan Today. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  18. ^ Mo, Yan-chih (9 July 2010). "Delegation heads to Guangzhou for KMT-CCP forum". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  19. ^ "Ma accepts convicted adviser's resignation". Taipei Times. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2017.