Chang Tong-rong (; born 4 February 1949) was the mayor of

Keelung City Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...

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. He previously also served as a legislator in the

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of the

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Education

Chang received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from

China University of Science and Technology China University of Science and Technology (CUST; ) is a private university located in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan. History CUST was originally established in 1968 as China Junior College of Technology. In 1994, it was renamed to China J ...

and master's degree in shipping and transportation management from

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Keelung City Mayoralty

Chang was elected as the Mayor of Keelung City after winning the 2007 Keelung City Mayoralty

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under

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on 12 May 2007 and took office on 22 May 2007 due to the death of then-incumbent Mayor

Hsu Tsai-li Hsu Tsai-li (; 5 November 1947 – 19 February 2007) was a Taiwanese politician. He was the Mayor of Keelung City from 2001 to 2007. Political career Hsu started his political career as a local borough chief. He served as a councilor at the Keel ...

which was elected as mayor since the 2001 Keelung City mayoralty election on 1 December 2001 and took office on 20 December 2001. He was reelected for the second term of mayor after winning the 2009 Keelung City mayoralty election on 5 December 2009 and took office on 20 December 2009.

References

1949 births Living people Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan China University of Science and Technology alumni National Taiwan Ocean University alumni People First Party Members of the Legislative Yuan Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Changhua County Mayors of Keelung Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Members of the 5th Legislative Yuan Keelung Members of the Legislative Yuan Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub