Shih Chia-hsin | |
Order: | 第2,3屆 Mayor of Donggang |
Term Start: | May 1954 |
Term End: | May 1960 |
Birth Date: | 9 November 1922 |
Birth Place: | Tōkō town, Tōkō District, Takao Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Donggang, Pingtung County, Taiwan) |
Death Place: | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Native Name: | 施佳鍟 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Shih Chia-hsin (; November 9, 1922 – November 27, 2013) was a Taiwanese liberal politician, financier and teacher. Born in the prosperous harbour of Donggang, he was twice elected as mayor of his hometown, in 1953 and 1956. Widely seen as a successful municipal administrator,[1] [2] Shih was forced out of politics for his disobedience to the Kuomintang (KMT) regime.[3]
Shih spent his later life working in the financial field and became the first generation of Taiwanese bankers. First worked as a local manager, Shih was promoted as the business manager of Cathay Life Insurance, one of the largest business corporations in Taiwan for decades. From 1988 to his retirement in 2008, Shih served as executive director of Chinfon Commercial Bank.[4]