Tsai Ping-kun (; born 1959) is a Taiwanese politician.

Early life and education

Tsai was born in

Caotun Caotun Township, formerly transliterated as Tsaotun Township, is an urban Township (Taiwan), township in the northwest of Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the largest township in Taiwan by population. History The area was historically known as ''Chh ...

Nantou County Nantou County (; Hokkien POJ: ''Lâm-tâu-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Nàm-thèu-yen'') is the second largest county of Taiwan by area, located in the central part of the country. It is also the only non-coastal county in Taiwan. Its name derives fro ...

, in 1959. He obtained his bachelor's degree from

National Dong Hwa University National Dong Hwa University (NDHU; ; shortened as "") is a national research university located in Hualien, Taiwan. Established in 1994, NDHU is widely considered as the most potential research university and the most prestigious university ...

, and master's and doctoral degree in education from

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei. The university is also considered as the earliest public service training facility of the Republic of China. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subs ...

Career

Tsai was an independent politician before joining the

Taiwan People's Party The Taiwan People's Party is a political party in Taiwan, formally established on 6 August 2019 by Ko Wen-je, who serves as its first and current chairman. Application process The party was proposed in August 2019 by Mayor of Taipei Ko Wen-je ...

. He worked for the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

as a division chief and was deputy commissioner of the Taichung County Cultural Affairs Department. Tsai served as president of the

National Taichung First Senior High School The Taichung Municipal T̲aic̲hung F̲irst S̲enior H̲igh School (TCFSH; , simply as ) is a senior high school in North District, Taichung, Taiwan. TCFSH was the first high school founded by Taiwanese to educate their youngsters during the c ...

through 2007, becoming principal at

Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School (, CKHS; formerly Chien Kuo from the Wade-Giles transliteration) is a public high school for boys located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The school was established in 1898 during the early years of J ...

in 2008. In 2010, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taichung, alongside

Hsiao Chia-chi Hsiao Chia-chi (; born 21 June 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan in 2014 and previously served in the Interior Ministry. Interior Deputy Ministry Migration to Northern Taiwan In January ...

, and under

Jason Hu Jason Hu (; born 15 May 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the mayor of Taichung as provincial city in 2001-2010 and as special municipality in 2010–2014. He is a member of the Kuomintang (KMT), and has been the Vice Chairman of the pa ...

. Between 2015 and 2016, Tsai was deputy minister of culture. Tsai served as a mediator between the

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and student protestors who organized the

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in 2015. In March 2019, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taipei by

Ko Wen-je Ko Wen-je (; born 6 August 1959), also known by his nickname, Ko P (), is a Taiwanese politician and physician. Ko was mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022, and Chairman of the Taiwan People's Party since 2019. Before becoming mayor, he was a docto ...

. Tsai was hospitalized on July 11, 2022 at Taipei's Renai City Hospital after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke.

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* 1959 births Living people Deputy mayors of Taichung Deputy mayors of Taipei National Chengchi University alumni National Dong Hwa University alumni Heads of schools in Taiwan 21st-century Taiwanese educators 20th-century Taiwanese educators Government ministers of Taiwan Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Nantou County {{Taiwan-mayor-stub