Hsu Ching-chung

Hsu Ching-chung ( Chinese  徐慶 鐘 , Pinyin Xú Qìngzhōng ; * July 19, 1907 in the prefecture of Taihoku, Japanese Empire , today: Taipei ; † March 13, 1996 ibid) was a Taiwanese politician of the Kuomintang , who, among other things, was temporarily acting between 1978 Was Prime Minister of the Republic of China .

Life

Hsu Ching-chung, consisting of a Hakka family from Jiaoling native, graduated in Agricultural Science at the Imperial University Taihoku . There, in October 1945, he became the first Taiwanese to obtain a doctorate in agricultural sciences. In the following years he worked in the government service as a department head of the authority for agriculture and forestry and is considered the "father of land reform" as well as significantly responsible for agricultural development after the Republic of China was relocated to the island of Taiwan in 1949. In March 1961, he took over from Jack CK Teng held the post of Vice Secretary General of the Kuomintang (KMT), which he held until he was replaced by Guo Cheng in May 1966. On May 27, 1966, he replaced Lien Chen-tung as Minister of the Interior in Prime Minister Yen Chia-kan's cabinet and held that office until June 1, 1972, when Lin Chin-sheng succeeded him.

He then took over as the successor to Chiang Ching-kuo , who had been appointed Prime Minister , son of the founder of the state Chiang Kai-shek , the post of Deputy Prime Minister, which he held from June 1, 1978 to December 1, 1981 under Prime Minister Sun Yun-suan . When Chiang Ching-kuo on May 20, 1978 President of the Republic of China was held Hsu Ching-chung from May 19 to inauguration of Sun Yun-suan on June 1, 1978 even provisionally office as Prime Minister of the Republic of China (President of the Executive Yuan ). After leaving the Executive Yuan, he served as an advisor to President Chiang Ching-kuo

Web links

• President Chen Attends Memorial Service for Former Advisor-to-the-President Hsu Ching-chung (March 11, 2006)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Taiwan: Presidents of the Executive Yuan (Premiers)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Hsu is the family name here, Ching-chung is the first name.