Su Nan-cheng (; 14 January 1936 – 2 September 2014) was a

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politician and

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. He was a mayor of

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, serving from 1977 to 1985, and an appointed mayor of

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, serving from 1985 to 1990. He was the speaker of the ROC National Assembly in 1999. Su was in the

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and was part of the faction that supported the

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. He was expelled from the KMT twice: first in 1972 for violating a party resolution and running for Tainan City Mayor as an independent; second in 1999 for forwarding a term-extension amendment in the National Assembly against party orders. In 2003, Su openly supported DPP candidate

in the 2004 presidential election.

Tainan mayoralty

Su was elected the mayor of Tainan in 1976 as an

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candidate. In 1981, he was nominated by the

to run again and was re-elected. He served from 1977 to 1985, until he was appointed the mayor of

. During his term as Tainan mayor, he was recognized by the

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. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Tainan in 2001 as an independent candidate, and was elected a city council member instead. He died of heart failure in 2014.

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* 重修台灣省通志 Ed. Liu Ning-yen.

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: Taiwan Province Document Council (台灣省文獻委員會), 1994 {{Authority control 1936 births 2014 deaths Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Mayors of Kaohsiung Mayors of Tainan Senior Advisors to President Chen Shui-bian Ramon Magsaysay Award winners Tainan City Councilors Expelled members of the Kuomintang