Hau Lung-pin

Infobox Officeholder
name = Hau Lung-pin
郝龍斌

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caption = Hau Lung-pin at Parade Festival of 2008 Taipei City New Year Countdown Party.
order = Mayor of Taipei
term_start = December 26, 2006
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predecessor = Ma Ying-Jeou
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birth_date = birth date and age|1952|8|22
birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
death_date =
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party = KMT
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Hau Lung-pin (zh-cp|c=郝龍斌|p=Hǎo Lóngbīn; born on August 22, 1952 in Taiwan with ancestral roots in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China) is a politician in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and is the current Mayor of Taipei. Hau is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT).

Biography

Hau, the son of former premier, General Hau Pei-tsun, left the Kuomintang in the early 1990s to join the New Party. He was elected as a legislator in 1995, and served until his appointment as chief of the central government's Environmental Protection Administration in 2001 under President Chen Shui-bian. He resigned from that position in 2003.

He was secretary-general of the Red Cross in Taiwan and rejoined the Kuomintang in January 2006. [ [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/01/20/2003289824 Taipei Times report] ]

On May 27, 2006, Hau was selected as the KMT's candidate for the Taipei mayoral election, winning 60% of the primary vote. He was subsequently elected Mayor of Taipei in the Republic of China municipal elections, 2006, defeating DPP candidate and former premier Frank Hsieh with 53.81% of the popular vote. [ [http://2006tp.mect.gov.tw/en/TC/s100000000.html Central Election Committee] ]

Electoral History

Taipei Mayoral Election 2007

References