12 Facts About Jason Hu

Hu Chih-chiang, known by his English name Jason Hu, is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician.

Jason Hu is a member of the Kuomintang, and has been the Vice Chairman of the party since April 2014.

Jason Hu's father was an army officer in the National Revolutionary Army.

Jason Hu then went to the United States to the University of South Carolina from 1971 to 1973 and pursued a master's degree in international studies but had to withdraw due to his father's ailing health.

Jason Hu would remain a professor there until he entered government service in 1990.

Jason Hu began his work in the central government when Taiwan was still a single-party state ruled by KMT.

Jason Hu was the Director General for the Government Information Office from 1991 to 1996.

Jason Hu then represented ROC government in the United States in 1996 and 1997 as the Director of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, DC, before a two-year stint as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1997 to 1999.

Jason Hu was able to win the three-way race with more than forty-nine percent of the vote.

Jason Hu won re-election with relative ease in the three-in-one elections on 3 December 2005 with a nearly twenty percent margin of victory over Democratic Progressive Party challenger Lin Chia-lung.

Jason Hu was under pressure in 2010 after the shooting of Weng Chi-nan revealed potential ties between Taichung City Police and gangsters.

Jason Hu and his wife have a daughter, British born actress Judy Hu, and a son, Jess Hu.