Jason Hu
Hu Chih-chiang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 胡志強 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hu in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 18 May 2016 – 30 June 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairperson | Hung Hsiu-chu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 30 April 2014 – 19 January 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairperson | Ma Ying-jeou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Mayor of Taichung | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 December 2010 – 25 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Hsiao Chia-chi Tsai Ping-kun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Himself as Mayor of Taichung (Municipal city) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lin Chia-lung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 20 December 2001 – 25 December 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chang Wen-ying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Himself as Mayor of Taichung (Special municipality) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 May 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Kuomintang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Shirley Shaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2, including Ting-Ting Hu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | National Chengchi University (BA) University of Southampton (MSc) University of Oxford (DPhil) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fields | International relations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thesis | Arms control policy of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1978 (1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Hedley Bull | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hu Chih-chiang (Chinese: 胡志強; pinyin: Hú Zhìqiáng; Wade–Giles: Hú Chìh-chiáng; born 15 May 1948), also known by his English name Jason Hu, is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician who was the mayor of Taichung from 2001 to 2004 when the city was a provincial city (2001–2010) and then a special municipality (2010–2014). A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he served as Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang for two terms.
Before entering politics, Hu was an international relations professor who graduated from National Chengchi University and was educated in England, where he earned his doctorate from Oxford University in 1984.