Su Huan-chih | |||||||||
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1st Convener of the Taiwan Renewal Party | |||||||||
Assumed office 24 August 2019 | |||||||||
Secretary General | Sam Lim | ||||||||
Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||
10th Magistrate of Tainan County | |||||||||
In office 20 December 2001 – 25 December 2010 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Mark Chen | ||||||||
Succeeded by | William Lai (as Mayor of Tainan) | ||||||||
Member of the Legislative Yuan | |||||||||
In office 1 February 1993 – 20 December 2001 | |||||||||
Constituency | Tainan County | ||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||
Born | Cigu Township, Tainan County, Taiwan | 20 July 1956||||||||
Nationality | Taiwan | ||||||||
Political party | Taiwan Renewal Party (since 2019) | ||||||||
Other political affiliations | Independent (2018–2019) Democratic Progressive Party (1991–2018) | ||||||||
Education | National Taiwan University (LLB) Fu Jen Catholic University | ||||||||
Occupation | Politician | ||||||||
Profession | Lawyer | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 蘇煥智 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 苏焕智 | ||||||||
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Su Huan-chih (Chinese: 蘇煥智; 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]