Tsai Ping-kun

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Tsai Ping-kun
蔡炳坤
Deputy Mayor of Taipei
Assumed office
26 March 2019
MayorKo Wen-je
Political Deputy Minister of Culture
In office
9 November 2015 – 20 May 2016
MinisterHung Meng-chi
Preceded byVicki Chiu [zh]
Deputy Mayor of Taichung
In office
25 December 2010 – 19 December 2014
Serving with Hsiao Chia-chi
MayorJason Hu
Personal details
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Caotun, Nantou County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyTaiwan People's Party
Educationdoctoral degree
Alma materNational Chengchi University
National Dong Hwa University
Occupationpolitician
Professioneducator

Tsai Ping-kun (Chinese: 蔡炳坤; pinyin: Cài Bǐngkūn; born 1959) is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and education[edit]

Tsai was born in Caotun, Nantou County, in 1959.[1] He obtained his bachelor's degree from National Dong Hwa University, and master's and doctoral degree in education from National Chengchi University.[2][3]

Career[edit]

Tsai was an independent politician before joining the Taiwan People's Party.[4] He worked for the Ministry of Education as a division chief and was deputy commissioner of the Taichung County Cultural Affairs Department.[5] Tsai served as president of the National Taichung First Senior High School through 2007,[6] becoming principal at Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School in 2008.[5] In 2010, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taichung, alongside Hsiao Chia-chi, and under Jason Hu.[5][7] Between 2015 and 2016, Tsai was deputy minister of culture.[2][8] Tsai served as a mediator between the Executive Yuan and student protestors who organized the Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement in 2015.[9] In March 2019, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taipei by Ko Wen-je.[4]

Tsai was hospitalized on July 11, 2022 at Taipei's Renai City Hospital after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "蔡炳坤 接任文化部政次". China Times (in Chinese). 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Tsai Ping-kun named new deputy minister of culture". Ministry of Culture. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Ping-kun TSAI , Deputy Mayor". Taipei City Government. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b Lee, I-chia (27 March 2019). "Tsai Ping-kun becomes Taipei's third deputy mayor". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Mo, Yan-chih (25 December 2010). "Hu picks Taipei school principal to be deputy mayor". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ^ Tsai, Ping-kun (30 November 2007). "Elite school education has a real role to play". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. ^ "New Cities, New Paths: Greater Taichung's Hu calls for 'new concepts'". Taipei Times. 26 December 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. ^ Lee, I-chia (14 March 2019). "Deputy mayor with education expertise 'suitable,' Ko says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  9. ^ Chung, Jake; Lin, Rachel (3 August 2015). "Discussion under way for students, ministry to meet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  10. ^ Lee, I-chia (13 July 2022). "Taipei's Tsai Ping-kun has stroke". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

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