Jason Hu

Hu Chih-chiang
胡志強
Hu in 2010
Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang
In office
18 May 2016 – 30 June 2017
ChairpersonHung Hsiu-chu
In office
30 April 2014 – 19 January 2015
ChairpersonMa Ying-jeou
1st Mayor of Taichung
In office
25 December 2010 – 25 December 2014
DeputyHsiao Chia-chi
Tsai Ping-kun
Preceded byHimself as Mayor of Taichung (Municipal city)
Succeeded byLin Chia-lung
In office
20 December 2001 – 25 December 2010
Preceded byChang Wen-ying
Succeeded byHimself as Mayor of Taichung (Special municipality)
Ministerial offices
Minister of the Foreign Affairs
In office
20 October 1997 – 30 November 1999
Prime MinisterVincent Siew
Preceded byJohn Chiang
Succeeded byChen Chien-jen
Representative of Taiwan to the United States
In office
1996–1997
MOFA MinisterChiang Hsiao-yen
Preceded byBenjamin Lu
Succeeded byStephen S. F. Chen
Minister of the Government Information Office
In office
September 1991 – 10 June 1996
Prime MinisterHau Pei-tsun
Lien Chan
Preceded byShao Yu-ming
Succeeded bySu Chi
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Personal details
Born (1948-05-15) 15 May 1948
PartyKuomintang
SpouseShirley Shaw
Children2, including Ting-Ting Hu
EducationNational Chengchi University (BA)
University of Southampton (MSc)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Scientific career
FieldsInternational relations
ThesisArms control policy of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1978 (1984)
Doctoral advisorHedley 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.