Hsu Hung-chih

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician (1937–2018)}}

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| office = Magistrate of Taoyuan County

| term_start = 20 December 1981

| term_end = 20 December 1989

| successor = Liu Pang-yu

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Hsu Hung-chih ({{zh|t=徐鴻志|p=Xú Hóngzhì}}; 4 January 1937 – 28 January 2018) was a Taiwanese politician.

He studied economics at Soochow University and became a teacher in Taichung. In 1967, Hsu was first elected to the Taoyuan County Council. He was reelected twice thereafter as a county council member.{{cite news|author1=陳昀|title=桃園老縣長徐鴻志辭世 吳敦義感傷:我們曾同一天就任|url=http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2326174|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=Liberty Times|date=29 January 2018|language=zh}} Hsu became county magistrate in 1981, due to the support of Hokkien-speaking voters in Taoyuan supportive of the Kuomintang. Upon the end of his second term, Hsu was succeeded by Liu Pang-yu, who took office backed by Hakka voters affiliated with the Kuomintang.{{cite news|author1=楊淑媛|title=桃園市前縣長徐鴻志去逝 昔日「南北輪政」又成話題|url=https://www.ettoday.net/news/20180129/1103050.htm|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=ETToday|date=29 January 2018|language=zh}} Hsu died of lung cancer at the age of 81 on 28 January 2018.

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