Yang Chiu-hsing

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (born 1956)}} {{family name hatnote|Yang|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Yang Chiu-hsing | native_name = {{no bold|{{lang|zh-hans|楊秋興}}}} | image = Yang Chiu-hsing.png | caption = | order1 = | office1 = Minister without Portfolio | deputy1 = | term_start1 = 6 February 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/photo/2012/02/01/2008068469 |title=Cabinet reshuffle sees 16 new names |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=2014-04-28}}</ref> | term_end1 = 8 December 2014 | prime_minister1 = Sean Chen<br>Jiang Yi-huah | successor1 = | order2 = | office2 = 11th Magistrate of Kaohsiung | 1blankname2 = | 1namedata2 = | deputy2 = | term_start2 = 20 December 2001 | term_end2 = 25 December 2010 | predecessor2 = Yu Cheng-hsien | successor2 = Chen Chu {{small|(as Mayor of Kaohsiung)}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1956|5|15}} | birth_place = Yanchao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | party = Independent (2010–2013; since 2019) | other_party = Kuomintang (1975–1976; 2013–2019)<br />Democratic Progressive Party (1987–2010) | spouse = | children = | signature = | education = National Taiwan University (BS, MS) }}

'''Yang Chiu-hsing''' ({{lang-zh|c=楊秋興|p=Yáng Qiūxìng}}; born 15 May 1956) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a Minister without Portfolio in the Executive Yuan and Magistrate of Kaohsiung County.<ref name="taiwantoday">{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=219996&ctNode=445|title=Taiwan Today - Mayoral candidates go head-to-head in Kaohsiung|publisher=taiwantoday.tw|access-date=2014-08-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/01/23/2003581944|title=KMT selects Yang Chiu-hsing to run in Greater Kaohsiung - Taipei Times|date=23 January 2014 }}</ref>

==Kaohsiung County Magistracy== Yang was elected as the Magistrate of Kaohsiung County after winning the 2001 Kaohsiung magisterial election as a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate on 1 December 2001 and took office on 20 December 2001. He was reelected for ta second magisterial term after winning the 2005 Kaohsiung magisterial election under DPP on 3 December 2005 and took office on 20 December 2005.

===2010 Kaohsiung Mayoralty election=== On 27 November 2010, Yang joined Kaohsiung City Mayoralty election as independent candidate. However, he lost to incumbent Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chu, the Democratic Progressive Party candidate.

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2 style="width: 20em"| Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" style="width: 2em"| # ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" style="width: 13em"| Candidate ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" style="width: 6em"| Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2 style="width: 11em"| Percentage |- |bgcolor="#000000"| |align=left| 25px Independent |align=center| 1 |align=left| Yang Chiu-hsing |align=right| 414,950 |align=right| 26.68% |align=right| <timeline> ImageSize = width:100 height:25 PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:100 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = early Colors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86) BarData = bar:Wikipedias PlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:26.68 color:black width:0.2in </timeline> |- |bgcolor="#000099"| |align=left| 25px Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) |align=center| 2 |align=left| Huang Chao-shun |align=right| 319,171 |align=right| 20.52% |align=right| <timeline> ImageSize = width:100 height:25 PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:100 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = early Colors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86) BarData = bar:Wikipedias PlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:20.52 color:blue width:0.2in </timeline> |- |bgcolor="#1B9431"| |align=left|'''Democratic Progressive Party''' |align=center| '''3''' |align=left| '''Chen Chu''' |align=right| '''821,089''' |align=right| '''52.80%''' |align=right| 25px <timeline> ImageSize = width:100 height:25 PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:100 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal AlignBars = early Colors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86) BarData = bar:Wikipedias PlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:52.80 color:green width:0.2in </timeline> |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" |colspan="4" align=right |'''Total''' |align=right|'''1,555,210''' |align=right colspan=2|'''100.00%''' |- bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout | colspan="3" align="right" | 72.52% |}

==2014 Kaohsiung Mayoral election== thumb|Yang's mayoral campaign banner at KMT Kaohsiung headquarter office On 29 November 2014, Yang joined Kaohsiung City mayoralty election as Kuomintang candidate for Mayor of Kaohsiung position, going against his rival incumbent Mayor Chen Chu of DPP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/11/29/2003605563|title=2014 ELECTIONS: President Ma goes on last tour for KMT candidates - Taipei Times|date=29 November 2014 }}</ref> He however lost to Chen.

{|class="wikitable collapsible" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center" |- ! colspan="7" width=620px|2014 Kaohsiung City Mayoralty Election Result |- !width=35|No. !width=180| Candidate !width=120| Party !width=75| Votes !width=75| Percentage !width=49| |- |1||Chou Ko-sheng (周可盛)||Independent||style="border-left:4px solid #000000;" align="right"|14,925 |align="right"|1.02% |align="center"| |- |2||Chen Chu||DPP||style="border-left:4px solid #1B9431;" align="right"|993,300 |align="right"|68.09% |<div align="center">20px</div> |- |3||Yang Chiu-hsing||KMT||style="border-left:4px solid #000099;" align="right"|450,647 |align="right"|30.89% |align="center"| |- bgcolor=EEEEEE |}

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