Yang Chiu-hsing

Yang Chiu-hsing (Chinese: 楊秋興; pinyin: Yáng Qiūxìng; born 15 May 1956) is a Taiwanese politician.

[2][3] Yang was elected as the Magistrate of Kaohsiung County after winning the 2001 Kaohsiung magisterial election as a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate on 1 December 2001 and took office on 20 December 2001.

On 27 November 2010, Yang joined Kaohsiung City Mayoralty election as independent candidate.

However, he lost to incumbent Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chu, the Democratic Progressive Party candidate.

On 29 November 2014, Yang joined Kaohsiung City mayoralty election as Kuomintang candidate for Mayor of Kaohsiung position, going against his rival incumbent Mayor Chen Chu of DPP.

Yang's mayoral campaign banner at KMT Kaohsiung headquarter office