Hsu Shu-hua

Hsu Shu-hua
MLY
許淑華
Hsu in March 2016
Member of the Legislative Yuan
Assumed office
16 February 2015
Preceded by Lin Ming-chen
Constituency Nantou 2
Mayor of Nantou City
In office
1 March 2006 – 25 December 2014
Preceded by Lee Chao-ching
Chen Jui-ching (acting)
Succeeded by Sung Huai-lin
Member of the Nantou County Council
In office
1 March 2002 – 28 February 2006
Personal details
Born (1975-10-15) 15 October 1975
Nantou Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
Nationality Republic of China
Political party Kuomintang
Occupation politician

Hsu Shu-hua (Chinese: 許淑華; pinyin: Xǔ Shūhuá; born 15 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician.

Education

Hsu earned a master's degree in management from Feng Chia University.[1]

Political career

Hsu was elected to the Nantou County Council in 2002, and became mayor of Nantou City in 2006. While mayor of Nantou, she was elected to the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee in 2011.[2] She served as mayor until 2014, and was named a representative to the Legislative Yuan in a by-election, taking office on 16 February 2015.[3][4] With the support of Wu Den-yih, Hsu won a full legislative term in January 2016.[5] In April, Hsu was named a deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang.[6] That September, she won a drawing over Tuan Yi-kang to become co-convener of the legislature's Organic Laws and Statutes Committee alongside Yu Mei-nu.[7]

Political stances

Hsu supports strengthening laws against fraud and proposed an amendment to the Criminal Code in 2016 intending to bring fraud committed abroad by Taiwanese citizens under the jurisdiction of Taiwanese authorities.[8][9] In December 2016, she proposed an amendment to the Civil Code in regards to same-sex marriage in Taiwan, retaining gendered terms in the code's Article 972, but at the same time introduced language to recognize partners of a same-sex union.[10] In July 2017, Democratic Progressive Party member Chiu Yi-ying tried to break up a group of Kuomintang members who were protesting the Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program. Hsu Shu-hua was the first to stop Chiu from interfering with the protest.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Hsu Shu-hua (9)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "KMT elects CSC members". Taipei Times. 4 September 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Hsiao, Alison; Loa, Iok-sin; Chen, Wei-han (8 February 2015). "By-elections: DPP keeps 3 seats, KMT 2". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hsu Shu-hua (8)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Chen, Feng-li; Chin, Jonathan (21 January 2016). "KMT's Hung to run for chairpersonship". Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Hsiao, Alison (7 April 2016). "Hung rebuffs call for general convenor vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Chen, Wei-han (20 September 2016). "KMT limits DPP to 10 convener seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Legislature amends Criminal Code over overseas fraudsters". Taipei Times. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Wang, Amber (27 December 2016). "Beijing targets young fraudsters abroad". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Chen, Wei-han (27 December 2016). "Committee green-lights same-sex marriage draft". Taipei Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Female MPs slap one another and try to STRANGLE each other".
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