Huang Kuo-shu
MLY
黃國書
Huang in May 2016
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
16 February 2015 – 2024
Preceded byLin Chia-lung
ConstituencyTaichung 6
Member of the Taichung City Council
In office
1 March 1998 – 16 February 2015
Personal details
Born (1964-01-03) 3 January 1964 (age 60)
Nantou County, Taiwan
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party (until 2021)
Alma materTaipei National University of the Arts
National Chung Hsing University
OccupationPolitician
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃國書
Simplified Chinese黄国书

Huang Kuo-shu (born 3 January 1964) is a Taiwanese politician. For the majority of his political career, Huang was affiliated with the Democratic Progressive Party. Huang served as a Taichung City Councilor from 1998 to 2015, when he won a by-election to the Legislative Yuan. He was elected to two consecutive full terms as a member of the Legislative Yuan, in 2016 and 2020. Huang withdrew from the Democratic Progressive Party in 2021, and completed his legislative tenure as a political independent.

Education

Huang attended National Taichung First Senior High School and Taipei National University of the Arts before earning a master's degree from National Chung Hsing University.[1]

Political career

Huang served on the Taichung City Council from 1998 to 2015,[2] when he was elected to the Legislative Yuan after winning a by-election against Hsiao Chia-chi.[3] Since taking his seat in the legislature, Huang has researched safety standards for young children and participated in discussions about education.[4] He was named a convenor of the Legislative Yuan's Education and Culture Committee in March 2016, alongside Apollo Chen.[5] From this position, Huang has opposed the proposed merger of Tainan National University of the Arts with National Cheng Kung University, stating that such a move was a "top-down effort" to "kill TNNUA’s founding spirit."[6] He has supported attempts to remove military instructors from educational institutions in Taiwan.[7][8] During his legislative tenure, Huang has worked to uncover improprieties in many governmental agencies and programs.[9][10][11] Huang has frequently been critical of organizations providing oversight of sports in Taiwan.[12][13][14]

On 16 October 2021, the Liberty Times reported that Huang had served as an informant for the Kuomintang one-party state during Taiwan's martial law period. Huang subsequently confirmed the news report on Facebook, acknowledging that he had agreed to provide an intelligence unit with information on friends affiliated with the political opposition during his 20s, while he was attending university. Huang additionally stated that he would complete his legislative term, withdraw from the Democratic Progressive Party, and vowed not to run for office in the 2024 legislative election.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ "Huang Kuo-shu (9)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Huang Kuo-shu (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  3. ^ Hsiao, Alison; Loa, Iok-sin; Chen, Wei-han (8 February 2015). "By-elections: DPP keeps 3 seats, KMT 2". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ^ Huang, Chung-shan; Chang, Jui-chen; Kan, Chih-chi (19 May 2015). "Helmets for under-fives lacking: study". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  5. ^ Hsiao, Alison (3 March 2016). "Blunder gives KMT seven legislative convener seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  6. ^ Wu, Po-hsuan; Chin, Jonathan (8 March 2016). "Students protest merger; ministry suspends plan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. ^ Chen, Yu-fu; Lin, Rachel (28 October 2016). "KMT lawmakers criticize plan to phase out military instructors from schools". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  8. ^ Lin, Sean (8 June 2016). "Amend University Act, students say". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  9. ^ Lin, Sean (12 May 2017). "Sun Yat-sen School under fire following Hung campaigning". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  10. ^ Lin, Sean (11 March 2016). "System's lapses allowed tax evasion: Wu Se-hwa". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  11. ^ Shan, Shelley (21 March 2017). "Travel agents abusing subsidy program". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  12. ^ Pan, Jason (24 March 2017). "Sports head panned by lawmakers over report". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  13. ^ Pan, Jason (2 January 2017). "DPP lawmakers criticize sports officials over lags". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  14. ^ Lu, Yi-hsuan; Shan, Shelley; Hetherington, William (28 March 2017). "DPP pans 'Formosa' banner removal". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  15. ^ Hao, Hsueh-ching; Wang, Cheng-chung; Kao, Evelyn (17 October 2021). "DPP lawmaker admits being former KMT informant, leaves party". Central News Agency. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  16. ^ Tang, Tsai-hsin; Hetherington, William (18 October 2021). "DPP lawmaker admits being a KMT informant". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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