Hsu Ching-chung

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (1907–1996)}}

{{family name hatnote|Hsu|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Hsu Ching-chung

| native_name = {{nobold|徐慶鐘}}

| image = 徐慶鐘先生.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| caption = Official portrait, 1972

| office = Senior Advisor to the President

| term_start = December 1981

| term_end = 13 March 1996

| president = Chiang Ching-kuo
Lee Teng-hui

| order1 = Acting

| office1 = Premier of the Republic of China

| president1 = Chiang Ching-kuo

| term_start1 = 20 May 1978

| term_end1 = 1 June 1978

| predecessor1 = Chiang Ching-kuo

| successor1 = Sun Yun-suan

| office2 = 12th Vice Premier of the Republic of China

| premier2 = Chiang Ching-kuo
Himself (acting)
Sun Yun-suan

| term_start2 = 1 June 1972

| term_end2 = 1 December 1981

| predecessor2 = Chiang Ching-kuo

| successor2 = Chiu Chuang-huan

| order3 =

| office3 = 11th Minister of the Interior

| premier3 = Yen Chia-kan

| term_start3 = 3 June 1966

| term_end3 = 1 June 1972

| predecessor3 = Lien Chen-tung

| successor3 = Lin Chin-sheng

| office4 = Minister without Portfolio

| premier4 = Yen Chia-kan

| term_start4 = 3 June 1966

| term_end4 = 1 June 1972

| birth_date = 19 July 1907

| birth_place = Taihoku,{{fact|date=September 2023}} Taiwan, Empire of Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|03|13|1907|07|19|df=y}}

| death_place = Taipei, Taiwan{{fact|date=September 2023}}

| nationality = Taiwan

| party = Kuomintang

| spouse =

| children =

| signature =

| education = Taihoku Imperial University (BA)

}}

Hsu Ching-chung ({{zh|c=徐慶鐘|p=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 {{cite web|url=http://www.ey.gov.tw/cp.aspx?n=B0DF505A7B000A9D |script-title=zh:歷任副院長 |trans-title=Past Vice Premiers |language=zh |publisher=ey.gov.tw |accessdate=2017-02-23}}

Early life

Born in Taipei in 1907, Hsu was of Hakka ancestry from Jiaoling, Meizhou, Guangdong, China.{{cite web|date=11 March 2006|url=https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/2202|title=President Chen Attends Memorial Service for Former Advisor-to-the-President Hsu Ching-chung|website=Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)|access-date=19 November 2021}} He graduated from Taihoku Imperial University.{{cite web|url=http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=162912&CtNode=103|title=Vice President Yen Asked To Carry on as Premier - Taiwan Info|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005141822/http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/fp.asp?xItem=162912&CtNode=103|archive-date=2016-10-05|url-status=dead}}

Political careers

Hsu was the Minister of the Interior in 1966–1972 and Vice Premier in 1972–1981.

Death

Hsu died in 1996.

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