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

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politician and Senior Advisor to

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Chen Shui-bian. He was a mayor of Tainan, 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 Chen Shui-bian 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 Ramon Magsaysay Award. 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. Taipei City: 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