Hsu Tain-tsair

Hsu Tain-tsair
許添財
Mayor of Tainan
In office 20 December 2001 – 25 December 2010
Preceded by	George Chang
Succeeded by	William Lai as mayor of Tainan (special municipality)
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 11 March 2011 – 31 January 2016
Preceded by	William Lai
Succeeded by	Lin Chun-hsien
Constituency	4th constituency of Tainan City
In office 1 February 1993 – 20 December 2001
Constituency	Tainan City constituency
Personal details
Born	(1951-01-23) 23 January 1951 (age 73) Guantian, Tainan County (now part of Tainan City), Taiwan
Political party	Democratic Progressive Party
Spouse	Hung Shu-chen
Residence(s)	Tainan City, Taiwan
Alma mater	Chinese Culture University Rutgers University Columbia University New School for Social Research
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Economist

Hsu Tain-tsair (Chinese: 許添財; pinyin: Xǔ Tiāncái; Wade–Giles: Hsǔ Tiēn-tsái; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó͘ Thiam-châi; born 23 January 1953) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the mayor of Tainan City from 2001 to 2010. Born in Tainan County (now part of Tainan City), Hsu got his PhD candidacy in economics in the United States, where he started participating in the independence movement of Taiwan. He was placed on the blacklist of Kuomintang and was not allowed to return to Taiwan until 1990.

When Hsu returned to Taiwan, he joined the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Having been elected legislator three times, Hsu is considered a privy councilor to the DPP in the field of economics.^[1] He was nominated to run for the mayor of Tainan and was elected in 2001. During his terms as mayor, Hsu worked on public projects and encouraged tourism. For example, a police unit was established to facilitate tourists in 2007, and he also improved the environment of the city.

In 2009, Hsu worked with the Tainan County government to push for a merger that would form a special municipality. The merger was set to take effect in December 2010, giving Hsu one additional year in his mayoral term. During the DPP primary election for the nomination of a new Tainan mayor in May, he lost to William Lai by 12% of the votes. After Lai was elected mayor, Hsu later ran for Lai's seat as a member of Legislative Yuan and was finally elected.