Fai Hrong-tai

Fai Hrong-tai (Chinese: 費鴻泰; born 7 July 1954), also known by his English name Alex Fai, is a Taiwanese statistician and politician who has been a member of the Legislative Yuan since 2005. He represents Taipei City Constituency VII and is the leader of the Kuomintang caucus in the legislature.^[1]

Fai Hrong-tai
費鴻泰
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 2005 – 31 February 2024
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Hsu Chiao-hsin
Constituency	Taipei City I (2005–2008) Taipei City VII (2008–2024)
6th Deputy Speaker of Taipei City Council
In office 25 December 1998 – 25 December 2002
Speaker	Wu Pi-chu
Preceded by	Wu Pi-chu
Succeeded by	Lee Hsin
Taipei City Councillor
In office 25 December 1994 – 1 February 2005
Constituency	Taipei III (Songshan, Xinyi)
Personal details
Born	(1954-07-07) July 7, 1954 (age 71) Taipei City, Taiwan
Political party	Kuomintang
Other political affiliations	New Party (1990–2005)
Relatives	Fai Hrong-po (brother)
Education	National Chung Hsing University (BS) Northern Illinois University (MS) University of Kentucky (PhD)

Early life and education

Fai was born in Taipei on July 7, 1954, to Fai Jin-ho and Fai Gi-ing. They were a waishengren family. His father was born in Rizhao, Shandong, and his elder brother graduated from the Republic of China Naval Academy and became president of National Defense University.

After graduating from Cheng Kung Senior High School, Fai received a bachelor's degree in statistics from National Chung Hsing University. He then completed graduate studies in the United States, where he earned a Master of Science (M.S.) in statistics from Northern Illinois University and his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Kentucky in 1991 under professor Paul L. Cornelius. Fai's doctoral dissertation was titled, "Comparison of exact and approximate tests of hypotheses concerning the first stage factor in unbalanced nested designs and the main plot factor in split-plot experiments with missing data".^[2]