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John Chun Liu (born January 8, 1967) is a New York City politician, who previously served as the 43rd New York City Comptroller from January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2013. He was also a candidate in the 2013 New York City mayoral election. Liu had served on the New York City Council representing District 20, and was elected to the City Council in 2001 to represent northeast Queens, then was re-elected in 2003 and 2005. Liu entered the New York City Comptroller election in 2009 and won the race on November 3, 2009, becoming the first Asian American to be elected to a city-wide office in New York City. Liu teaches municipal finance and policy at Baruch College. ==Early life and education== Chun Liu was born in Taiwan, and moved to the United States at the age of 5. Chang F. Liu, his father, was a Master of Business Administration graduate student and bank teller.〔 In honor of John F. Kennedy, Liu's father changed his sons' names to John, Robert, and Edward, and his own name to Joseph. Liu attended PS 20 in Queens, and the Bronx High School of Science in 1985,〔(Official Biography of John C. Liu on the NYC Council website ); accessed September 30, 2009.〕〔Official Opening of Bronx Science's New Foreign Language Laboratory on December 3, 2008: Queens Councilman John C. Liu, a Bronx Science alumnus, Class of 1985, was instrumental in procuring the funding for this Laboratory. Found at (The Bronx High School of Science official website ); accessed September 30, 2009.〕 doing community organizing and volunteer work in his spare time.〔 During his years attending Binghamton University, he majored in mathematical physics and rose his way up to executive vice president of the University's Student Association.〔 He worked as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers and served as president of the North Flushing Civic Association before his election to the City Council.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About John Liu )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Liu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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