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Tsai Ping-kun

Tsai Ping-kun

Taiwanese politician (born 1959)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tsai.

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

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Early life and education

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

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

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