Su Nan-cheng

Infobox_Officeholder
name = Su Nan-cheng
honorific-suffix =


caption =
nationality = ROC-TW
order = 10^th Mayor of Tainan
term_start = February 1, 1977
term_end = February 1, 1985
predecessor = Chang Li-tang
successor = Lin Wen-hsiung
birth_date = birth date and age|1936|1|14
birth_place = Tainan, Taiwan
death_date =
death_place =
spouse =
party = KMT
(1968 – 1972; 1976 – 1999)
alma_mater = National Cheng Kung University
occupation = Politician
profession = Accountant

Su Nan-cheng (zh-t|t=蘇南成), a Taiwanese politician, is a Senior Advisor to ROC President Chen Shui-bian. He was a mayor of Tainan, serving from 1977 to 1985, and an appointed mayor of Kaohsiung, serving from 1985 to 1990. He was the speaker of the ROC National Assembly in 1999. Su was in the Kuomintang and was part of the faction that supported the Taiwanese localization movement. 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. [Chen, Lauren [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/1999/10/31/8802 "KMT confirms former Assembly Speaker must go"] ", Taipei Times, 10/31/1999"] In 2003, Su openly supported DPP candidate Chen Shui-bian in the 2004 presidential election. [ [http://www.ettoday.com/2003/12/14/11093-1557510.htm "大選／前後任三縣長挺扁　蘇南成：支持扁延續本土政權"] ", ETtoday, 12/14/2003"]

Tainan mayoralty

Su was elected the mayor of Tainan in 1976 as an independent candidate. In 1981, he was nominated by the Kuomintang to run again and was re-elected. He served from 1977 to 1985, until he was appointed the mayor of Kaohsiung. During his term as Tainan mayor, he was recognized by the Ramon Magsaysay Award. [ [http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/index.php?year=1980 The Ramon Magsaysay Awardees by Year - 1980's] ", Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation"] He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Tainan in 2001 as an independent candidate, and was elected a city council member instead. [Huang, Sandy [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2002/01/27/121619 "Su Nan-cheng stages political comeback"] ", Taipei Times, 1/27/2002"]

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References

* 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