Hsu Ching-chung

Taiwanese politician (1907–1996)

徐慶鐘

Official portrait, 1972

Senior Advisor to the PresidentIn office
December 1981 – 13 March 1996PresidentChiang Ching-kuo
Lee Teng-huiActing Premier of TaiwanIn office
20 May 1978 – 1 June 1978PresidentChiang Ching-kuoPreceded byChiang Ching-kuoSucceeded bySun Yun-suan12th Vice Premier of TaiwanIn office
1 June 1972 – 1 December 1981PremierChiang Ching-kuo
Himself (acting)
Sun Yun-suanPreceded byChiang Ching-kuoSucceeded byChiu Chuang-huan11th Minister of the InteriorIn office
3 June 1966 – 1 June 1972PremierYen Chia-kanPreceded byLien Chen-tungSucceeded byLin Chin-shengMinister without PortfolioIn office
3 June 1966 – 1 June 1972PremierYen Chia-kan Personal detailsBorn19 July 1907
Taihoku,^{[citation needed]} Taiwan, Empire of JapanDied13 March 1996(1996-03-13) (aged 88)
Taipei, Taiwan^{[citation needed]}NationalityTaiwanPolitical partyKuomintang Alma mater Taihoku Imperial University

Hsu Ching-chung (Chinese: 徐慶鐘; pinyin: Xú Qìngzhōng; 19 July 1907 – 13 March 1996) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the vice premier of Taiwan from 1972 to 1981 and acting premier of Taiwan in 1978 ^[1]

Early life

Born in Taipei in 1907, Hsu was of Hakka ancestry from Jiaoling, Meizhou, Guangdong, China.^[2] He graduated from Taihoku Imperial University.^[3]

Political careers

Hsu was the Minister of the Interior in 1966–1972 and Vice Premier in 1972–1981.^[2]

Death

Hsu died in 1996.^[2]

References

^ 歷任副院長 [Past Vice Premiers] (in Chinese). ey.gov.tw. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c "President Chen Attends Memorial Service for Former Advisor-to-the-President Hsu Ching-chung". Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan). 11 March 2006. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "Vice President Yen Asked To Carry on as Premier - Taiwan Info". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-04.