Tsai Ping-kun
Tsai Ping-kun is a Taiwanese politician and educator.
Early life and education
Tsai was born in Caotun, Nantou County, in 1959, and attended Taichung Municipal Taichung Industrial High School. 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. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "A study of the leadership of high school principals, organizational committment, and organizational effectiveness".Career
Tsai was an independent politician before joining the Taiwan People's Party. He worked for the Ministry of Education as a division chief and was deputy commissioner of the Taichung County Cultural Affairs Department. Tsai served as president of the National Taichung First Senior High School through 2007, becoming principal at Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School in 2008. In 2010, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taichung, alongside Hsiao Chia-chi, and under Jason Hu. Between 2015 and 2016, Tsai was deputy minister of culture. Tsai served as a mediator between the Executive Yuan and student protestors who organized the Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement in 2015. In March 2019, Tsai was appointed deputy mayor of Taipei by Ko Wen-je.Tsai was hospitalized on 11 July 2022 at Taipei's Renai City Hospital after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke.