Tsai Ping-kun

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Tsai Ping-kun
蔡炳坤
Tsai in 2015
Deputy Mayor of Taipei
In office
26 March 2019 – December 25, 2022
MayorKo Wen-je
Political Deputy Minister of Culture
In office
9 November 2015 – 20 May 2016
MinisterHung Meng-chi
Preceded byVicki Chiu [zh]
Deputy Mayor of Taichung
In office
25 December 2010 – 19 December 2014
Serving with Hsiao Chia-chi
MayorJason Hu
Personal details
Born1959 (age 65–66)
Caotun, Nantou County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyTaiwan People's Party
EducationNational Dong Hwa University (BA)
National Chengchi University (MA, PhD)

Tsai Ping-kun (Chinese: 蔡炳坤; pinyin: Cài Bǐngkūn; born 1959) is a Taiwanese politician and educator.

Early life and education

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Tsai was born in Caotun, Nantou County, in 1959, and attended Taichung Municipal Taichung Industrial High School.[1] After graduating from National Dong Hwa University, he earned a master's degree in education in 1995 and, in 2006, his Ph.D. in education from National Chengchi University.[2][3] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "A study of the leadership of high school principals, organizational committment, and organizational effectiveness" (Chinese: 高中校長領導行為、教師組織承諾與學校組織效能關係之研究).[4]

Career

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Tsai was an independent politician before joining the Taiwan People's Party.[5] He worked for the Ministry of Education as a division chief and was deputy commissioner of the Taichung County Cultural Affairs Department.[6] Tsai served as president of the National Taichung First Senior High School through 2007,[7] becoming principal at Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School in 2008.[6] In 2010, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taichung, alongside Hsiao Chia-chi, and under Jason Hu.[6][8] Between 2015 and 2016, Tsai was deputy minister of culture.[2][9] Tsai served as a mediator between the Executive Yuan and student protestors who organized the Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement in 2015.[10] In March 2019, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taipei by Ko Wen-je.[5]

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

References

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  1. ^ "蔡炳坤 接任文化部政次". China Times (in Chinese). 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Tsai Ping-kun named new deputy minister of culture". Ministry of Culture. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Ping-kun TSAI , Deputy Mayor". Taipei City Government. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. ^ "高中校長領導行為、教師組織承諾與學校組織效能關係之研究__臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統". ndltd.ncl.edu.tw (PhD Thesis). Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b Lee, I-chia (27 March 2019). "Tsai Ping-kun becomes Taipei's third deputy mayor". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Mo, Yan-chih (25 December 2010). "Hu picks Taipei school principal to be deputy mayor". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. ^ Tsai, Ping-kun (30 November 2007). "Elite school education has a real role to play". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. ^ "New Cities, New Paths: Greater Taichung's Hu calls for 'new concepts'". Taipei Times. 26 December 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  9. ^ Lee, I-chia (14 March 2019). "Deputy mayor with education expertise 'suitable,' Ko says". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  10. ^ Chung, Jake; Lin, Rachel (3 August 2015). "Discussion under way for students, ministry to meet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  11. ^ Lee, I-chia (13 July 2022). "Taipei's Tsai Ping-kun has stroke". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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