Su Huan-chih

Su Huan-chih (Chinese: 蘇煥智; pinyin: Sū Huànzhì; Wade–Giles: Su1 Huan4-chih4; born July 20, 1956) is a Taiwanese politician who was the magistrate of Tainan County from 2001 to 2010, until Tainan County's merger into Tainan City. Born in a rural township in southern Taiwan, Su graduated from National Taiwan University. He passed the bar examination in 1986 and started his career as a lawyer.

Su Huan-chih
Su in 2007
1st Convener of the Taiwan Renewal Party
Assumed office
24 August 2019
Secretary GeneralSam Lim
Preceded byPosition established
10th Magistrate of Tainan County
In office
20 December 2001  25 December 2010
Preceded byMark Chen
Succeeded byWilliam Lai (as Mayor of Tainan)
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1993  20 December 2001
ConstituencyTainan County
Personal details
Born (1956-07-20) 20 July 1956
Cigu Township, Tainan County, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwan
Political partyTaiwan Renewal Party (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (2018–19)
Democratic Progressive Party (1991–2018)
Alma materNational Taiwan University
Fu Jen Catholic University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Su made his entry into politics in the 1990s. He was elected legislator three times in a row serving from 1992 to 2001. As an experienced legislator, Su launched a magisterial campaign in 2001 and was elected with over 51% of the votes, becoming the second member of the Democratic Progressive Party to ever hold the position.

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