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 | |
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| 范振宗 | |
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| Minister of the Council of Agriculture | |
| In office 1 February 2002 – 2 December 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Hsi-huang |
| Succeeded by | Lee Chin-lung |
| Speaker of Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council | |
| In office 21 December 2001 – 13 January 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Peng Tien-fu |
| Succeeded by | Yu Lin-ya |
| Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
| In office 26 January 1998 – 31 January 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Lin Kuang-hua |
| Constituency | Hsinchu County |
| Hsinchu County Magistrate | |
| In office 20 December 1989 – 20 December 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Chin-hsing |
| Succeeded by | Lin Kuang-hua |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 1987–1990 | |
| Member of the Hsinchu County Council | |
| In office 1978–1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1942 Koguchi, Shinchiku, Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan) |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party (1989–2009) |
| Alma mater | National 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]