page_title: Jason Hu
section_title: 2014 Taichung City mayoral election
hierarchical_section_title: Jason Hu / Taichung City Mayor / 2014 Taichung City mayoral election
caption_attribution_description: 中文（台灣）‎: 國民黨台中市長候選人胡志強(中)
context_page_description: Jason Hu is a Taiwanese politician. He was the mayor of Taichung as provincial city in 2001-2010 and as special municipality in 2010–2014. He is a member of the Kuomintang, and has been the Vice Chairman of the party since April 2014.
context_section_description: On 29 November 2014, Hu joined the Republic of China municipal election as a Kuomintang candidate for Mayor of Taichung going against Lin Chia-lung of the Democratic Progressive Party. Hu however lost to Lin.
  In December 2014, Hu accepted an offer from Feng Chia University to serve as department chair upon the conclusion of his third mayoral term. In February 2015, Hu joined the China Times. Eric Chu, the KMT's 2016 presidential candidate, named Hu the manager of his campaign in December 2015.
caption: Mayor Jason Hu campaigning for his 2014 Taichung mayoral election.
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