Fan Chen-tsung

Fan Chen-tsung (Chinese: 范振宗; pinyin: Fàn Zhènzōng; Wade–Giles: Fan4 Chên4-tsung1; born 20 November 1942) is a Taiwanese politician.

Fan Chen-tsung
MLY
范振宗
Minister of the Council of Agriculture
In office
1 February 2002 – 2 December 2002
Preceded byChen Hsi-huang
Succeeded byLee Chin-lung
Speaker of Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council
In office
21 December 2001 – 13 January 2002
Preceded byPeng Tien-fu
Succeeded byYu Lin-ya
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
26 January 1998 – 31 January 1999
Preceded byLin Kuang-hua
ConstituencyHsinchu County
Hsinchu County Magistrate
In office
20 December 1989 – 20 December 1997
Preceded byChen Chin-hsing
Succeeded byLin Kuang-hua
Member of the National Assembly
In office
1987–1990
Member of the Hsinchu County Council
In office
1978–1986
Personal details
Born (1942-11-20) 20 November 1942
Koguchi, Shinchiku, Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan)
NationalityTaiwanese
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (1989–2009)
Alma materNational Taiwan Ocean University

Fan graduated from National Taiwan Ocean University.[1]

From 1978 to 1986, he was a member of the Hsinchu County Council.[1] In his second term as county councillor, Fan became the body's deputy speaker.[2] In 1986, Fan was elected to the National Assembly and served until 1990.[1] He ran for the magistracy of Hsinchu County as an independent in 1989, and joined the Democratic Progressive Party shortly after winning the office.[3][4] In 1993, Fan won a second term. He was succeeded as magistrate by Lin Kuang-hua. Fan was subsequently appointed to Lin's vacant seat on the Legislative Yuan, taking office on 26 January 1998.[5] Fan was elected speaker of the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council, and left that position to assume leadership of the Council of Agriculture in 2002.[1] He resigned on 24 November,[6] as farmers and fishermen's collectives protested attempts to reform credit unions related to those industries.[7][8][9] Premier Yu Shyi-kun accepted Fan's resignation two days later,[10] and Fan officially left office on 2 December.[11]

In July 2009, Fan and Hsu Jung-shu were invited to the Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum.[12] Though the Democratic Progressive Party advised both not to go,[13] both made the trip, resulting in the suspension of Fan and Hsu's party membership.[14][15] Before he could be formally expelled, Fan withdrew from the DPP.[16][17] In 2010, Fan again visited China with a group of Pan-Blue politicians.[18] Later that year, Fan resigned his post as adviser to President Ma Ying-jeou after the Hsinchu District Court convicted Fan on corruption charges dating back to Fan's tenure as Hsinchu County Magistrate.[19]

References
  1. Chiu, Yu-Tzu (24 January 2002). "Newsmakers: Council of Agriculture head promises harmony". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "Fan Chen-tsung (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. "The opposition makes major gains" (PDF). Taiwan Communiqué (43): 2. January 1990. ISSN 1027-3999. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. Loa, Iok-sin (21 January 2016). "ANALYSIS: Ethnicity not an important factor in elections". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. "Fan Chen-tsung (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. "KMT lawmakers urge premier to get down to business". Taipei Times. 26 November 2002. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  7. Ko, Shu-Ling (3 December 2002). "Former agriculture chief hits back at his old bosses". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  8. "A turbulent year". Taipei Times. 31 December 2002. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. Tsai, Ting-i (1 December 2002). "Newsmakers: Agriculture bureaucrat Lee Chin-lung to make use of connections to farmers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  10. "Taiwan Appoints 2 New Cabinet Ministers". Edwardsville Intelligencer. 26 November 2002. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  11. Lin, Mei-Chun (3 December 2002). "Big guns to campaign for DPP candidates". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  12. Chang, Rich; Mo, Yan-chih (9 July 2009). "DPP bars party members from forum in China". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  13. Ko, Shu-ling (23 July 2009). "Lu warns on close KMT-CCP ties". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  14. Lu, Meggie (13 July 2009). "DPP members face censure for going to forum". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  15. Hsu, Jenny W. (24 July 2009). "DPP punishes pair over forum". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  16. Hsu, Jenny W. (25 July 2009). "DPP mulls expelling members". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  17. "DPP kicks out Cross-Strait Forum recalcitrants". Taiwan Today. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  18. Mo, Yan-chih (9 July 2010). "Delegation heads to Guangzhou for KMT-CCP forum". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  19. "Ma accepts convicted adviser's resignation". Taipei Times. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
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